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Crying Blood, an Alafair Tucker mystery, Donis Casey

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Crying Blood, an Alafair Tucker mystery, Donis Casey

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Crying Blood

Oclc number

702663678651911161

Responsibility statement

Donis Casey

Series statement

Alafair Tucker mystery, 05

Sub title

an Alafair Tucker mystery

Summary

"In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons go hunting. Instead of a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, flushes an old boot...containing the bones of a foot. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. That night, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs brushing by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, but he has disappeared. His concern is justified when he realizes that someone--or something--has followed him home. Dread turns to relief when he captures a young Creek Indian boy called Crying Blood. Shaw ties the boy up in the barn, but during the few minutes he is left alone, someone thrusts a spear through Crying Blood's heart. The local law is on the killer's trail, but Shaw has a hunch... Only Shaw's wife Alafair might be able to forestall his dangerous plan. So Shaw sends her on a while goose chase so he can confront the killer..."--P. [4] of cover

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