A Memory of Muskets |
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| Author:
| Ernst, Kathleen |
| Series title: | A Chloe Ellefson Mystery Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7387-4515-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | Llewellyn Publications
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| Imprint: | Midnight Ink |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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Curator Chloe Ellefson is happily planning to spotlight home-front challenges and German immigrants at Old World Wisconsin's first Civil War reenactment, but her overbearing boss scorns her ideas and proposes staging a mock battle instead. And when a reenactor is found dead at one of the historic site's German farms, Chloe's boyfriend, cop Roelke McKenna, suspects murder.
The more Roelke learns about reenacting, the more he fears that a killer will join the ranks. Then Chloe...
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Curator Chloe Ellefson is happily planning to spotlight home-front challenges and German immigrants at Old World Wisconsin's first Civil War reenactment, but her overbearing boss scorns her ideas and proposes staging a mock battle instead. And when a reenactor is found dead at one of the historic site's German farms, Chloe's boyfriend, cop Roelke McKenna, suspects murder.
The more Roelke learns about reenacting, the more he fears that a killer will join the ranks. Then Chloe discovers a disturbing secret about Roelke's Civil War-era ancestors. Together they struggle to solve crimes past and present...before Chloe loses her job and another reenactor loses his life.
Praise:
"Veteran Ernst provides a new perspective on the Civil War woven together with a compelling mystery." --Kirkus Reviews
"Extremely well-written."--Suspense Magazine
"Kathleen Ernst knows how to spin a tale, weave an intricate plot, and hide clues in the embroidery. A Memory of Musketstakes two stories separated by more than a century and knits them together into one thoroughly satisfying read."--Kathy Lynn Emerson, Agatha Award-winning author of How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries, Murder in the Merchant's Hall, and other historical mysteries