Synopses & Reviews
Dear Readers:
Although most of you know me as a comedy writer, I was thrilled tolearn Avon Books decided to republish my award-winning suspensebooks. Valley of the Shadow is one of my all-time favorite books!
Meet Meg Gentry, a wise-cracking, hard-nosed reporter who,after a marriage gone bad, heads back to the rural mountain townof her girlhood in a gaudy avocado green camper. Meg is hired bythe local newspaper and soon meets up with old high-school flame Clay Skinner.
But Meg barely has time to settle in before her new-foundtranquility is shattered. Her predecessor dies mysteriously, and atwenty-year-old skeleton of an unidentified woman is unearthed, clearly a victim of murder. Before she knows it, Meg finds herselfin the middle of a series of bizarre religious ceremonies carried onby a charismatic preacher and his highly impressionable flock.Using her reporter's nose, Meg uncovers one dark secret afteranother. All is not what it seems in the sleepy town of Blalock,Tennessee, and the deeper Meg digs, the closershe comes tobeing the next victim.
With a cast of characters you're not likely to forget, a plot withenough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the last page,I hope you'll enjoy reading Valley of the Shadow as much as I didwriting it. I look forward to hearing from you!
Charlotte Hughes
Synopsis
Within every shadow. . .
A former crime reporter heads to her small hometown in search of solace,. But acclaims suspense writer Charlotte Hughes deftly turns the comforts of home into a dark tale of treachery and murder.
Lies an Unsettling Secret
Safely back in her rural mountain town, Meg Gentry is hired as a reporter for the local paper. But her tranquillity is soon shattered by some disturbing events. First Meg's predecessor dies mysteriously. Then the twenty-year-old skeleton of an unidentified woman is unearthed, clearly a victim of murder. And a series of bizarre religious ceremonies lead Meg into the circle of a charismatic preacher and his highly impressionable flock. Digging up details on each story, Meg soon uncovers a variety of deeply guarded secrets in the small Southern society--secrets in the small Southern society--secrets that, if revealed, could drag her downward and bury her forever.
Synopsis
From award-winning author Charlotte Hughes, a classic tale of romantic suspense finally available again.
Crime reporter Meg Gentry returns to her hometown where she lands a job at the local paper. But the town′s tranquillity is shattered by the suicide of Meg′s predecessor and the unearthed skeleton of an unidentified woman who, as the evidence indicates, was murdered.
Synopsis
From award-winning author Charlotte Hughes, a classic tale of romantic suspense finally available again.
Crime reporter Meg Gentry returns to her hometown where she lands a job at the local paper. But the town′s tranquillity is shattered by the suicide of Meg′s predecessor and the unearthed skeleton of an unidentified woman who, as the evidence indicates, was murdered.
About the Author
Charlotte Hughes lives on Fripp Island in South Carolina.
Table of Contents
pt. 1. The eve of war -- pt. 2. The war years.