The Pit and the Penance

Velda Brotherton returns to Grace County with her darkest Twist of Poe mystery yet... THE PIT AND THE PENANCE.

A ghost from her past threatens small town reporter Jessie West and those closest to her as she works to uncover a sinister secret found in the burned-out shed of Grace County's newest resident. Things become even stranger when two bodies turn up that could be connected to the case, but the link is anything but solid. Then a guest at the local bed and breakfast disappears, and the Sheriff himself is behaving strangely. As if Jessie and her lover, Deputy Sheriff Dallas Starr, didn't have enough to deal with, federal agents and the mob have chosen this particular moment to descend upon idyllic Cedarton, Arkansas and start raising hell.

It's up to Jessie and Dal to put the clues together and navigate the treacherous, muddy waters of loyalty, secrecy, and long-buried secrets--before the ones who would rather those skeletons never get unearthed stop them for good.

Author: Velda Brotherton
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Lagan Press
Published: 06/22/2017
Series: Twist of Poe #3
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781633732971
2nd Revised Edition

About the Author
Brotherton, Velda: - Velda Brotherton writes from her home perched on the side of a mountain against the Ozark National Forest. Branded as Sexy, Dark and Gritty, her work embraces the lives of gutsy women and heroes who are strong enough to deserve them. After a stint writing for a New York publisher, she's settled comfortably in with small publishers to produce novels in several genres. While known for her successful series work-the Twist of Poe romantic mysteries, as well as her signature Western Historical Romance Victorians and Montana series-her publishing resume also includes numerous standalone novels like Remembrance, Once There Were Sad Songs, A Savage Grace, Wolf Song, Stoneheart's Woman, and her magnum opus, Beyond the Moon. She enjoys reading mysteries, but it never occurred to her she could write them until Dal Starr and Jessie West emerged from her background in the newspaper business, and the Twist of Poe mysteries were born. Facebook: Author Velda Brotherton Twitter: @veldabrotherton www.veldabrotherton.com