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A Fugitive Truth (Emma Fielding Mysteries, No. 4)

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Archaeologist Emma Fielding goes to a fellowship in Western Massachusetts for this mystery. Emma had recently completed excavation on the home of an eighteenth century woman named Margaret Amalie Chase Chandler. Emma becomes the newest fellow at the Shrewsbury Foundation, where she will study the coded diary of Chandler. Emma meets several people, including an officer with an attitude, a sarcastic dean, an alcoholic professor, and Faith Morgan who is a very angry divorcee.

While jogging, Emma comes across Faith's dead body. Before Detective Sergeant Kobrinski arrives on the scene, Emma sees Officer Gary Conner (the one with the attitude) messing with the crime scene and actually taking something from Faith's body! Soon the killer is after Emma. She must run for her life and, somehow, solve an old mystery.

***** This mystery will keep you guessing. At the same time you will be kept fascinated by all the action going on. The book is very fast paced and the secondary characters are extremely interesting! You do not have to read the previous mysteries of Emma Fielding. Each mystery is a stand-alone story. But this novel will make you rush out to find first three! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

I was unaware that this was the fourth book in the series. It felt like a stand-alone. Wonderful characters, great suspense, and a terrific plot make this a book I won't forget. I shall now proceed, with much anticipation, to read the rest of the series.

Archaeologist Emma Fielding goes to a fellowship in Western Massachusetts for this mystery. Emma had recently completed excavation on the home of an eighteenth century woman named Margaret Amalie Chase Chandler. Emma becomes the newest fellow at the Shrewsbury Foundation, where she will study the coded diary of Chandler. Emma meets several people, including an officer with an attitude, a sarcastic dean, an alcoholic professor, and Faith Morgan who is a very angry divorcee.

While jogging, Emma comes across Faith's dead body. Before Detective Sergeant Kobrinski arrives on the scene, Emma sees Officer Gary Conner (the one with the attitude) messing with the crime scene and actually taking something from Faith's body! Soon the killer is after Emma. She must run for her life and, somehow, solve an old mystery.

***** This mystery will keep you guessing. At the same time you will be kept fascinated by all the action going on. The book is very fast paced and the secondary characters are extremely interesting! You do not have to read the previous mysteries of Emma Fielding. Each mystery is a stand-alone story. But this novel will make you rush out to find first three! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

Dana Cameron's A FUGITIVE TRUTH bring Emma Fielding to Massachusetts to study the coded diaries of Margaret Chandler who was accused of witchcraft and tried for murder.
Previous Emma had excavated the grounds of Margaret's New England home and developed an affinity for this early English settler. Events parallel the diary and the death of Emma's former classmate Faith who was also a fellow at the institute.
Ms. Cameron manages to develop some academic stereotypes that read like cliches, but in my experience have a direct relationship to some I've met in real life. I think it was the late Robert B. Parker who made the comment that academic battles are so vicious because the stakes are so small.
Nash Black, author of Indie finalists WRITING AS A SMALL BUISNESS and HAINTS.

For the most part, a well-written and atmospheric mystery. But it plodded, and the ending, and the final reveal of who the murderer was, seemed forced and came out of the blue--- as if the author flipped a coin right before writing the final chapter to determine which character would be the criminal. Quite disappointing.