The Valley of Jewels [Paperback]

Mary Saums (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2001

Civil War professor Jada Winston is murdered. World-renowned opera star Althea Preston retires from the stage and returns home only to receive threatening racist letters. Two things connect these events: the haunting landscape of Northwest Alabama and a 135-year-old secret. Willi Taft returns to her roots to unravel ties still binding a town’s residents to the land and to a dark past.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A small Southern town reckons with its buried past when a Civil War professor is murdered and a famous retired opera singer receives threatening letters in Mary Saums's (Midnight Hour) The Valley of Jewels. PI Willi Taft returns home to investigate the murder and, after surviving a Civil War reenactment, Klan activities and attempts on her life, she uncovers a secret that's been kept quiet for 135 years.

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About the Author

Mary Saums is a writer of poetry and short fiction and was chosen by the poet Nikki Giovanni for a Tennessee Writers Alliance Award. She has worked as a recording engineer on gold and platinum albums by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, and many other artists. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Overmountain Press (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570721890
• ISBN-13: 978-1570721892
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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