Yesterday's Shadows

Pinkerton Lady Chronicles #2

by Lee Roddy

Spying for the famous Pinkerton Detectives suits Laurel Bartlett's adventurous nature. During the Civil War Laurel used her charm and cleverness to penetrate Confederate lines and bring back military intelligence for the union army. Now the war has ended, but is cast a long shadow onto Laurel's future happiness and that of Ridge Granger, the handsome former Confederate cavalryman she met on her last Pinkerton assignment. After a disastrous visit to Ridge Granger's Virginia home, Laurel head west, convinced that a former Confederate soldier and a Yankee woman have no future together. Besides, he and his former fiancee seem to be rekindling their relationship. A new detective job involved with the building of the transcontinental railroad takes Laurel to California, far from Ridge. Yet she can't put him out of her mind, even when her life's in danger as she hunts for a murder witness. At the same time, Laurel's double life haunts her. Should she tell Ridge the truth--that she's not the newspaper reporter he thinks she is? More important, does her secretive work honor God? As her faith grows, so do her doubts. Yesterday's Shadows is the second of the Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. Lee Roddy is a veteran author with many novels for children and adults to his credit. He combined his love of history and writing in the historically accurate Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. He and his wife make their home in California.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance

335 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Lee Roddy's journalism career began as a radio drama script writer. He has been a newspaper and radio broadcast executive with experience in advertising agencies and public relations. His award-winning newspaper was sold in 1973, and he is presently a full-time Christian writer. On the West Coast he writes and edits for prominent Christian leaders. He has taught many writing courses including sessions at Mount Herman Christian Writers Conference and Biola College. He is the author of numerous books and his published items number in the thousands both for secular and Christian publications. As a lifelong history buff he has written hundreds of newspaper columns on the subject. For several years he wrote and narrated the radio series "Your American Heritage." Mr. Roddy is a graduate of Los Angeles State College and lives in California with his wife near Disneyland. He has two grown children.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it . now I need to read the 3rd book in this series