In her newest novel featuring popular Judge Deborah Knott, multiple-prize winning author Margaret Maron explores the achingly beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, where leaves are turning...and corpses are deadly still. No one is more surprised than Judge Deborah Knott by her engagement to her childhood friend Dwight Bryant. Stressed out by the impending marriage, Deborah agrees to fill in for a vacationing judge in the hills of Cedar Gap. With its fresh mountain air and gorgeous fall foliage, it's the perfect place to clear her head...until a local doctor is brutally murdered. Presiding over the probable cause case against the main suspect, Deborah decides the trial can proceed. But when a second person is killed, Deborah begins to look at this case-and her relationship with Dwight-with more critical eyes. And if she fails to notice the fast approaching darkness, she could end up as another corpse in the High Country fall...
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Margaret Maron grew up on a farm near Raleigh. Her first book, Bootlegger's Daughter, became a Washington Post bestseller that swept the top mystery awards for its year. Two of her Deborah Knott novels, Up Jumps the Devil and Storm Track won the Agatha Award for Best Novel.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding mystery with great characters!,
By Ms. Honest Opinion (WDM, IA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: High Country Fall (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was a nearly perfect read, a fantastic blend of mystery and what is great about good fiction - relationships and character development. This is the fourth book in the Deborah Knott series that I've read. I didn't care for the really early works much but since she's started with Dwight as lover/husband, for me, at least, the series has really improved. In this one, there's a great little mystery with interesting characters, but there's also wonderful descriptions of the scenery, fleshed out secondary characters and a really believable quandary that Deborah herself is in. I love how the author puts the relatives in the story, here it's two college age nieces. I'd also recommend the two books that follow this one: Rituals of the Season and Winter's Child, both also great books. There's just something about this one, though, that makes it stand out for me...
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Probably more a 3 1/2 star,
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This review is from: High Country Fall (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought the development of this case was a bit weak. I also thought Judge Knott's confusion about her upcoming marriage was in line with the lyrics from "it's in his kiss". If you're a fan of this series you will at least enjoy this book. If you're a fan of good mysteries this might be somewhat slow.
4.0 out of 5 stars
To continue the series and learn about N. Carolina.....,
By Kel "acountkel" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: High Country Fall (Mass Market Paperback)
#10 of the Deborah Knott series-Maron's style is consistent from book to book. You can count on a subject that is a depiction of a specific aspect of North Carolina life, the continuing saga of Deborah Knott's life as a District Court Judge and her family and finally a murder mystery to give it just enough suspense and mystery to keep you up until you finish the book. Sometimes, the mystery is a little weak as it is in this one. But the Knott story keeps the reader satisfied enough to keep wanting more. High Country Fall takes place in the North Carolina mountains. I believe this is the first in the Knott series with this setting. Maron educates us on the development of the mountains and the mix of native mountain folks with the Floridians that have found the mountains as their summer home. She then continues the Knott story with Deborah trying to adjust to the thought of the engagement ring on her finger. And finally, the murder of a prominent doctor and local real estate agent makes the novel complete. This is not my favorite of the series, but it is definitely satisfying.
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