Synopses & Reviews
FROM HILTON HEAD'S SPARKLING BEACHES TO THE LOWCOUNTRY'S REMOTE ISLANDS, THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD...AND THE TRUTH CAN KILL.
After an abruptly-ended stay in Paris, Bay Tanner is more than happy to return home to South Carolina and immerse herself back into the tranquil scenery, small-town gossip, and affection of numerous concerned friends. But her peaceful return is short-lived when her fledgling detective agency gets a new client-Gray Palmer, an archeologist friend of Bay's sleuthing partner Erik Whiteside. While digging around one of the isolated coastal islands, Gray discovered a far-from-ancient body and wants help in identifying it. But it isn't long before Gray turns up dead in a freak boating accident ... or before it becomes plain that some very deadly people will do anything to stop an investigation. Now, Bay must travel the darkest byways of the past, from Charleston's historic streets to an infamous local island's shore to the heart of several civil-rights-era disappearances...and into a lethal confrontation.
"Tough and action packed."
-The Chicago Tribune
"Intriguing...Wall juggles the plot in entertaining and satisfying fashion."
-Orlando Sentinel
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"Her heroine...exudes self-confidence whether auditing the books of a shrimping company or consulting a forensics expert."-
Publishers Weekly"Its proud traditions of grace and hospitality clashing with a history of racism and a good ol' boy system of power. A pitcher of cool tea, a comfortable chair on the porch, and a copy of Judas Island makes a hard-to-beat recipe for a delightful summer afternoon in the Lowcountry."
-The Beaufort Gazette
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Praise for
Perdition House"Kathryn Wall's touch and tender sleuth Bay Tanner takes top honors in any list of new female investigators. In Perdition House, Bay deals with a painful past and a dicey future. Wall hauntingly evokes the lovely South Carolina Low Country in a suspenseful novel of lost love, double dealing, and danger. First rate."
- Carolyn Hart, author of April Fool Dead
"The suspense ratchets up periodically, the characters are all well drawn and unique, and the writing evokes the new South without resorting to stereotype. Best of all, Bay makes a believable and appealing protagonist."
- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"If anything, Wall's stories are getting better. I found myself eager to get home from work so I could finish reading. And this wasn't a book I rushed through. It's an enjoyable story from beginning to end."
- Beaufort Gazette
"...St. Martin's Minotaur has a real winner on its hands with Bay Tanner, and South Carolina has a rising literary star in Kathryn Wall."
- The State, Columbia South Carolina
Synopsis
Bay Tanner's fledgling detective agency gets off the ground when she, the Judge, and Eric Whiteside look into the murder of an old college friend of Eric's. Right before he was killed, Grey Palmer Jr. contacted Eric to tell him that while working as an archeologist on the islands off of Beaufort, SC, he had found the remains of a man who was recently killed. The next day, Grey's body is found underwater, tied to his boat, his face mutilated by the boat's propeller. As Bay and Eric get closer to the truth, they find themselves uncovering secrets that have long been buried.
Synopsis
In this fourth book of the Bay Tanner series, Bay's fledgling detective agency gets off the ground when she, the Judge, and Eric Whiteside look into the murder of Eric's old college friend. Martin's Press.
Synopsis
After an abruptly-ended stay in Paris, Bay Tanner is more than happy to return home to South Carolina and immerse herself back into the tranquil scenery, small-town gossip, and affection of numerous concerned friends. But her peaceful return is short-lived when her fledgling detective agency gets a new client-Gray Palmer, an archeologist friend of Bay's sleuthing partner Erik Whiteside. While digging around one of the isolated coastal islands, Gray discovered a far-from-ancient body and wants help in identifying it. But it isn't long before Gray turns up dead in a freak boating accident ... or before it becomes plain that some very deadly people will do anything to stop an investigation. Now, Bay must travel the darkest byways of the past, from Charleston's historic streets to an infamous local island's shore to the heart of several civil-rights-era disappearances...and into a lethal confrontation.
About the Author
KATHRYN R. WALL practiced accounting for twenty-five years in Ohio before retiring with her husband to Hilton Head, South Carolina, where she is currently at work on her next Bay Tanner mystery.
Visit her Web site at: www.kathrynwall.com.