Tag Archives: Politics
Tim Myers. Room for Murder. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2003.
After a fire destroyed the original Dual Keepers’ Quarters of the Hatteras West Inn, Alex Winston, owner of the lighthouse-themed hotel, has a new building constructed with funds from emeralds found on the property. After finishing touches are put on … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2003, Mountains, Myers, Tim, Mystery, Novels in Series, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Fern Michaels. Fast Track. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2008.
Fern Michael’s Sisterhood, the tight group of women who seek revenge on individuals who dodge justice, is back in the States after banishment to a Spanish villa as a result of their last adventure. Now on a remote mountaintop estate … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Michaels, Fern, Mountains, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Yancey
James Hay, Jr. The Bellamy Case. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1925.
Stokes Jackson is a slick political operative who comes down to Asheville from New York to run Wayne Gilmore’s state senate campaign. It’s the early 1920s and women have just gotten the right to vote, so a key part of … Continue reading
Tom Wicker. The Kingpin. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1953.
This is generally considered a roman a clef of the vicious 1950 Democratic primary campaign for the United States Senate seat held by Frank Porter Graham. The action is centered in the state capital where Bill Tucker, a political operative, … Continue reading
Filed under 1950-1959, 1953, Historical, Piedmont, Wake, Wicker, Tom
Tom Wicker. The Devil Must. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.
Just outside of Marion (a town that might be Lumberton, Hamlet, or Rockingham), a farmer is murdered. A young African American man is accused of the killing, but newspaperman Sandy Martin thinks he is innocent. The murder itself is gruesome, … Continue reading
Filed under 1950-1959, 1957, Coastal Plain, Mystery, Wicker, Tom
Michael Malone. First Lady. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2001.
When a pair of teenagers found the body of a young woman in the woods on the north side of the Piedmont town of Hillston, there was a tag was affixed to her foot. The tag was addressed to Lt. … Continue reading
Joanna Catherine Scott. Child of the South. New York: Berkley Books, 2009.
Child of the South continues the story started in The Road from Chapel Hill. The War has ended, but Eugenia, Tom, and Clyde all face substantial hardships. Eugenia travels to Wilmington, where she lives with family and searches for the … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coast, Historical, New Hanover, Novels in Series, Orange, Piedmont, Scott, Joanna Catherine
Margaret Maron. Southern Discomfort. New York : Mysterious Press, 1993.
When she was running for the open district judge position in Colleton County, Deborah Knott commented to a meeting of the local WomanAid group that she wished she could take time out of campaigning to help with their work. Now … Continue reading
Mac Sherman Harris. Leaving Levittown. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2000.
The town of South Shore in fictional Walter County has a growing population of transplanted Northerners who headed south to retire and this has created significant tension between the newcomers and their neighbors. After a newly elected state senator is … Continue reading
Filed under 2000, 2000-2009, Coast, Harris, Mac Sherman, Mystery, Novels Set in Fictional Places
