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Earthworks: A Sam Williams Mystery
When the bitter controversy over the sale of a city park leads to murder, only Sam Williams can see the identity of the true killer through a curtain of convincing contemporary and ancient circumstantial evidence.
Strapped for cash, the City of Glen River considers a proposal to sell Hardesty Park to Bishop Development. Citizens concerned about the loss of irreplaceable green space object to the plan. Sam William’s Uncle Mitch earns the wrath of the powerful Bishop family when he publicly opposes the plan. A site survey fuels the controversy when it finds evidence of a prehistoric Native American burial mound in the middle of the park. Opponents to the sale organize, meet, and convince the city council to delay the sale temporarily so that an expert in ancient earthworks can assess the significance of the mound. One of the leaders of the group opposing the sale becomes the victim of a brutal killing staged like an ancient ritualistic sacrifice. Sam’s new stepfather, Detective Dave Withers, finds strong circumstantial evidence that points right at Randy MacArthur, Jeff Bishop’s nephew, a well-known local teenage troublemaker, and a recent problem for Sam’s mother, Ellen. When the archeological exploration of the Hardesty Park mound uncovers a murder more than a thousand years in the past, it takes Sam’s unique abilities to see see how the evidence from the ancient crime reveals the truth about the murder in the present.
Strapped for cash, the City of Glen River considers a proposal to sell Hardesty Park to Bishop Development. Citizens concerned about the loss of irreplaceable green space object to the plan. Sam William’s Uncle Mitch earns the wrath of the powerful Bishop family when he publicly opposes the plan. A site survey fuels the controversy when it finds evidence of a prehistoric Native American burial mound in the middle of the park. Opponents to the sale organize, meet, and convince the city council to delay the sale temporarily so that an expert in ancient earthworks can assess the significance of the mound. One of the leaders of the group opposing the sale becomes the victim of a brutal killing staged like an ancient ritualistic sacrifice. Sam’s new stepfather, Detective Dave Withers, finds strong circumstantial evidence that points right at Randy MacArthur, Jeff Bishop’s nephew, a well-known local teenage troublemaker, and a recent problem for Sam’s mother, Ellen. When the archeological exploration of the Hardesty Park mound uncovers a murder more than a thousand years in the past, it takes Sam’s unique abilities to see see how the evidence from the ancient crime reveals the truth about the murder in the present.
334 pages, Paperback
Published June 14, 2022
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