Cynthia Raleigh

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History and genealogy have been lifelong interests. I started pestering busy adults with questions about my family history when I was twelve years old. Over the years, I've dug through family papers and photos, squinted at faded microfilm, traveled to distant places in hopes of a few crumbling documents, and spent countless hours in cemeteries searching for stones; bugs, brambles, and all.

I was an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and a weekend gamer for years, getting together with friends to re-enact history, create characters, work through adventures, and enjoy our collective imagination.

After 23 years as a Registered Nurse, I'm now writing full-time. Through my books, I write about things that interest me with the goals of writing stories that are entertaining as well as bringing the past to life and speaking for those who no longer can.

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Drawing on the Past (Perri Seamore Book 3) Jul 13, 2017

by Cynthia Raleigh

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When her hospital contract ends unexpectedly, Perri Seamore accepts a spur-of-the-moment position filling in for a home health nurse. Soon after starting the job, she finds there is much more going on in southern Illinois than she anticipated.

Pursuing her interest in genealogical research, Perri entangles herself in a centuries-old mystery surrounding a historic house in a nearly abandoned town, persistent rumors of hidden riches, and the double murder of the home’s owners.

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Buried Roots (Perri Seamore Book 2) Aug 18, 2016

by Cynthia Raleigh , Keith Seifert

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Perri Seamore visits Virginia with friends for a much-needed getaway between travel nursing assignments. She plans to catch up on her genealogy research, indulge in some relaxation and fun, as well as attend a Civil War Reenactment in which her friend's husband is participating. Perri spent the previous three months working in Seattle, so she and Nina haven't had much time to get together. The reenactment is a perfect chance for Tom to take part in his hobby while Nina and Perri get the chance to visit with each other, sight see, and enjoy a vacation in historic Richmond. The event begins as planned, with plenty of people in 19th century dress, kitchens serving foods from the 1860's, a historically accurate soldier's camp, and battle demonstrations by Confederate and Union reenactors, but the tone alters dramatically when a murder overshadows the activities. In the aftermath, it becomes clear the danger is still very real but no one knows who is behind it or why. Perri works with Archer Vaughn, a local Virginia State Trooper, to solve the mystery that has its roots deep in the history spanning many generations.

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Poison Branches (Perri Seamore Book 1) May 16, 2016

by Cynthia Raleigh

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Perri Seamore has been planning a trip to Kentucky for some time to search for an old headstone and courthouse records to document her family tree. She combines the trip with a girls' weekend away with her best friend, Nina. The day they arrive, the news spreads through town of a young woman who was murdered in a little-used cemetery. With no apparent motive for the murder, Sarah Vines, the newly promoted local detective, enlists Perri's help to uncover the identity of the killer. A killer who proves that one murder may not be enough to keep the secret hidden.

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The Kneeling Corpse Murders: Leslie 'Mad Dog' Irvin Jul 19, 2020

by Cynthia Raleigh

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In the mid-1950s, six chilling murders tightened the grip of fear on the residents of southwest Indiana and northwest Kentucky. Victims and locations were random: a pregnant woman working in the family store, a filling station attendant, a rural housewife, and three members of one family. There was one significant common factor in all the murders. Each victim was made to kneel, their hands tied behind their backs, and shot once in the head with a .38 caliber weapon. Newspapers dubbed the slayings ‘The Kneeling Corpse Murders.’

With no leads, no suspects, and virtually no clues to point to one, police were stymied in their attempts to identify the murderer. A chance encounter would bring the break they needed. After he was apprehended, it would be a long time before the tumult caused by Mad Dog Irvin was finally over. The relaxed and trusting days before the killings would be forever altered and the case would go on to the U.S. Supreme Court producing a decision that affects legal journalism to this day.

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Summoning the Winds: The Lanthorne Ordinary Witches Apr 25, 2019

by Cynthia Raleigh

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Witches have been hunted, tried, and executed for centuries. The Colonies are not immune to the fear of sorcery. In the Spring of 1660, the small Connecticut village of Milthorpe abruptly finds itself in the throes of a witch scare. Yarrow Pickering, the village herbal woman and proprietor of the Lanthorne Ordinary struggles to prove an accused woman is innocent but becomes ensnared in the witch hunt. Yarrow can't be sure if her relationship with the Magistrate’s son will harm or help her against her most strident opponents. The trials are beginning...but this time, what will happen when one of the accused truly is a witch?

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