Signs in the Blood - (Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries) by Vicki Lane (Paperback)

About the Book

When her neighbor vanishes and is presumed dead, an Appalachian woman is startled to discover a new-age cult with sinister motives and a camp of armed survivalists near her mountain home. Original.

Book Synopsis

Elizabeth Goodweather and her husband built a rewarding life in the hills and hollows of their adopted Appalachian home. But now Elizabeth is alone, her husband tragically killed, her children grown, the land around her filled with customs and beliefs she cannot share. It's still a good life-tending the small herb and flower business-but Elizabeth's fragile peace is about to be shattered.

Cletus Gentry vanished while hunting ginseng in the hills-and his mother is sure the childlike man was murdered. As Elizabeth retraces Cletus's last wanderings, she will discover that a killer has been waiting all the while in the coves and hollows near her farm for her to see the light...and then come willingly to her own death.

Review Quotes

"[A] well-crafted, dramatic tale of murder, miracles and midlife romance..... Lane utilizes exotic religions to intensify the book's dark-toned suspense, while resisting oversimplification and insult. Her heroine's open-minded fascination with beliefs not her own should appeal to an unusually wide readership."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Vicki Lane lives with her husband, two sons, and daughter-in-law on a mountain farm in North Carolina. She has completed her second Elizabeth Goodweather novel and is at work on the third.