The discovery of a rune stone on the campus of Bruck University threatens to disrupt the school's annual Renaissance Faire, the Festival of Knights. When the eccentric Professor Andrew Littlewort attempts to prove the stone is a genuine Viking relic, he stirs up a hornet's nest that leads to murder. Caroline Rhodes, RN, and Professor of History Carl Atwater track a killer without a conscience in the little town of Rhineburg, Illinois.
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SOMETHING WICKED IN THE AIR continues the adventures of Caroline Rhodes, RN, and Professor of History Carl Atwater, a pair of amateur sleuths described as "absolutely charming" by Linda Hurst of Under the Covers Book Reviews. First featured in A DEADLY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, a book described as "A gem of a novel" by Harriet Klausner of Painted Rock Reviews, Caroline and Carl are drawn into another puzzling investigation when Bruck University's eccentric Professor Andrew Littlewort becomes the prime suspect in a murder case. Up to their ears in 18th century antiques, Viking rune stones, and illegal gambling, Caroline and Carl try to salvage both the reputation of Professor Littlewort and Bruck University while ensuring that the college's annual Renaissance Faire, the Festival of Knights, goes off without a hitch. -- Publisher Comments
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Mary V. Welk is the author of numerous short stories, poems, and song lyrics. Her first full length novel, A DEADLY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, merited an award in the 1996 Hemingway First Novel Competition under the title FOUR TO GO. In the field of short stories, Ms. Welk's "The Tell-Tale Glow" was recently selected as a winner by the Mystery Guild in their "Quoth the Raven, 'Evermore'" competition. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, Ms. Welk was one of four authors selected for the 'Medically Speaking' panel at the 1999 Malice Domestic XI convention in Washington, D.C. The author resides with her husband and two of her six children in the Edison Park community of Chicago. She is currently at work on the third book in the Caroline Rhodes mystery series, TO KILL A KING.
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Something Wicked in the Air is a wonderful and worthy successor to A Deadly Little Christmas. Nurse Caroline Rhodes is persuaded (or should that be railroaded?) to help investigate the death of Rhineburg's long-serving post-mistress. She calls on her good friend, Professor Carl Atwater of Bruck University, for assistance. Suspects are thick on the ground, including the obsessed and wonderfully named Professor Littlewort, taciturn gardener Charlie Branch, and handsome bad boy student Sid Burke. Throw in some of the colourful Rhineburg residents, especially the lovely ladies of the Rhineburg Boarding House and Home for Gentle Women, and mad Madeline, the Police Chief's wife, and you have a recipe for murder, mayhem and mirth. All this is set against Rhineburg's annual Renaissance Faire, the Festival of Knights, a medieval extravaganza that is so wonderfully described you want to join in the jousting and carousing. At any rate, I could almost smell that barbecue.Caroline and Carl are such great characters, it's a pleasure to know them. If I was an accident victim, I would be relieved if Caroline were my ER nurse. If I were a murder victim, I would definitely want her to investigate my death. I'm already enrolling my children at Bruck University, and can't wait for my next dose of life in Rhineburg.
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More great characters - A new great story,
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This review is from: Something Wicked in the Air (Caroline Rhodes Mysteries) (Paperback)
Mary Welk does it again. SOMETHING WICKED IN THE AIR is a perfect follow-up to the explosive debut of Mary Welk and her fantastic characters (A DEADLY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, Kleworks, 1998. In this new adventure of Caroline Rhodes and her "sidekick" Carl Atwater, the tiny college town of Rhineburg loses its much-loved, but also much-underestimated postmistress to a murder over what? A runestone? Throw in the rantings of an eccentric literature professor, the antics of a spoiled rich kid, and the mystique of an ancient gypsy fortune teller, and you have the makings of another first-rate tale from this new voice to the mystery scene. Centered on the college's Renaisance Fair, the story is fast-paced, funny, and keeps the reader wanting to come back for more. Let's visit Rhineburg and good ole Bruck U. again soon!
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The details were extraordinary!,
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This review is from: Something Wicked in the Air (Caroline Rhodes Mysteries) (Paperback)
Ms. Welk's second book was just as great as the first, if not better. The discription of the Festival of Knights was full of brilliant details. Once again, I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out the killer right along with Caroline Rhodes. Ms. Welk has definately made her mark.
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