Ghost Bones

by Helen Currie Foster

Alice Greer is relishing life, love, and her law practice in small town Coffee Creek, deep in the scenic Texas Hill Country. She's even setting a wedding date with Ben Kinsear. Then local politics boil over, and suddenly Alice's life turns hot--maybe too hot to handle.

Retired judge Edwin Mahan asks Alice to take on two unusual supervise an archeology dig on his land, and help publish his controversial history of Coffee County. His book describes murders on the judge's property in 1847––involving dead Comanches, a dead horse, a deadly pistol, and two dead German immigrants. With no murderer caught, no trial was ever held. But Judge Mahan is all about "an accurate fact record." When Alice and her barrel-racing assistant Silla discover the latest murder victim, it's clear someone will stop at nothing to silence the dead and the living––including Alice.

The iconic Hill Country setting, with its quirky characters, hidden springs and buried history, sets the stage for this legal thriller and for Alice's desperate search for the murderer. Join Alice as she tangles with mystery, legal drama, and matters of the heart. Ghost Bones is Book 9 in the Alice MacDonald Greer Mystery series by award-winning author Helen Currie Foster.

300 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 21, 2024

About the author

Helen Currie Foster writes the Alice MacDonald Greer Mystery series, set in the Texas Hill Country west of Austin, with its quirky characters, hidden springs and spectacularly rough landscape.

Helen taught high school English and covered local politics for a weekly newspaper which gave her a ringside seat for battles over sewers, water mains, and development. She headed for law school and after thirty years practicing environmental and regulatory law and litigation, she found the character Alice and her stories had suddenly appeared in her life. From childhood Helen loved mysteries...and still does.

Married with two children, Helen lives north of Dripping Springs, Texas, supervised by three burros. She's deeply curious about human history and how, uninvited, the past keeps crashing the party. Current preoccupations include the impact of mass production of weapons in the Bronze Age, debates over altruism vs. competition in human nature, and the fascinating research on human prehistory.

Helen serves on the boards of Austin Shakespeare and the Heart of Texas Sisters in Crime.

Reviews

[Anne Applebaum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great series!

Helen Currie Foster is an amazing author. Each book tells a wonderful story. The characters are believable and the discriptions of the area and all the food makes me want to visit there. I hope there are more books to come!

[Jennine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy enjoyable read as are all her books. Love that the stories are all set around Dripping Springs and having the local eateries used in the stories.

[Betty Blackwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Love Helen Foster’s books.

[Corinne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this series!

[Virginia Adi · Rating 5 out of 5]

well told tale.