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![]() | Disturbing the Dead (2007) (The second book in the Rachel Goddard Mysteries series) A novel by Sandra Parshall |
Tom Bridger, who is half Melungeon, thought he had escaped his mountain community's lingering prejudice against the mixed-race group when he left to work for the Richmond, Virginia Police Department. Tom was moving up the detective ranks when a family tragedy brought him back home and moved him into his fathers job as a county sheriff's deputy.
Now the bones of a Melungeon woman have surfaced on a remote mountaintop, and all evidence points to murder. Violence escalates as the victim's poor family and the wealthy white family she married into scramble to protect their secrets from Toms probing. But as he probes into his father's investigation of the case, he finds his father is not the man he idolized.
The woman Tom is falling in love with, veterinarian Rachel Goddard, is struggling to start over in a place that holds no memories for her. Rachel puts herself in danger when she befriends the dead Melungeon womans niece, Holly. As a child, the girl witnessed something that could implicate her aunt's killer, but she is too terrified to tell anyone what she knows. While Rachel is determined to keep Holly safe and help her piece together past events, the guilty are equally determined to silence the girl--and Rachel too, if necessary.
Will this murder be Tom's and Rachel's undoing or will it free them to look into the future?
Genre: Mystery
Now the bones of a Melungeon woman have surfaced on a remote mountaintop, and all evidence points to murder. Violence escalates as the victim's poor family and the wealthy white family she married into scramble to protect their secrets from Toms probing. But as he probes into his father's investigation of the case, he finds his father is not the man he idolized.
The woman Tom is falling in love with, veterinarian Rachel Goddard, is struggling to start over in a place that holds no memories for her. Rachel puts herself in danger when she befriends the dead Melungeon womans niece, Holly. As a child, the girl witnessed something that could implicate her aunt's killer, but she is too terrified to tell anyone what she knows. While Rachel is determined to keep Holly safe and help her piece together past events, the guilty are equally determined to silence the girl--and Rachel too, if necessary.
Will this murder be Tom's and Rachel's undoing or will it free them to look into the future?
Genre: Mystery
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Used availability for Sandra Parshall's Disturbing the Dead
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Hardback Editions
March 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Disturbing the Dead (Rachel Goddard Mysteries) Author(s): Sandra Parshall ISBN: 1-59058-378-7 / 9781590583784 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
May 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Disturbing The Dead Author(s): Sandra Parshall ISBN: 1-4587-4333-0 / 978-1-4587-4333-6 Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Disturbing the Dead (Rachel Goddard Mysteries) Author(s): Sandra Parshall ISBN: 1-59058-509-7 / 9781590585092 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Disturbing the Dead Author(s): Sandra Parshall ISBN: 1-59058-379-5 / 9781590583791 (USA edition) Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
May 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Disturbing the Dead: Rachel Goddard Series, Book 2 (Rachel Goddard Mysteries) Author(s): Sandra Parshall Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Disturbing the Dead Author(s): Sandra Parshall Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Disturbing the Dead Author(s): Sandra Parshall Publisher: ReadHowYouWant Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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