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A Deceptive Homecoming - (Hattie Davish Mystery) by Anna Loan-Wilsey (Paperback)

A Deceptive Homecoming - (Hattie Davish Mystery) by  Anna Loan-Wilsey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Returning to her hometown after the death of her friend's father, Hattie discovers that things in town aren't right and that the man in the coffin might not be who everyone thinks.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong><em>Traveling secretary Hattie Davish is returning to her once-quiet hometown, where a deluge of deadly secrets leaves her feeling anything but welcome...</em></strong> <p>When her good friend Virginia Hayward's father passes away, Hattie Davish rushes to her hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri. She's looking forward to visiting the place where she grew up, even if the circumstances bringing her there are bleak. But upon her arrival, she learns that all is not well in St. Joe. Virginia is cold and distant, Frank Hayward's death is shrouded in mystery, and a string of troubling incidents have descended on Hattie's alma mater, Mrs. Chaplin's School for Women. Frank was the school's bookkeeper, and as Hattie begins investigating the bizarre goings-on, she becomes convinced that someone other than Frank was in the casket-but who? Her search for the truth takes her from the town cemetery, to the home of an infamous outlaw, to the dungeon-like tunnels beneath the State Lunatic Asylum-and brings her face-to-face with a killer bent on the deadliest lesson of all...</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Anything but Civil</i></b><br> <b> </b><br> "Loan-Wilsey combines meticulous research with sturdy characters."<br> --<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>As a librarian and information specialist, <b>Anna Loan-Wilsey</b> tracks down information every day that helps to solve mysteries. She is currently working on the fifth book in the Hattie Davish Mystery series. She earned her B.A. at Wells College and had several poems published in their literary magazine, <i>The Chronicle</i>. Readers can visit her website at www.annaloanwilsey.com.

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