Crying Blood: An Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries)

By Donis Casey

Book Overview

In the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons go hunting. Instead of a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, flushes an old boot...containing the bones of a foot. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave and a skeleton with a bullet hole in the skull. That night, Shaw awakens to see a pair of moccasin-clad legs brushing by his tent flap. He chases the intruder, but he has disappeared. His concern is justified when he realizes that someone - or something - has followed him home. Dread turns to relief when he captures a young Creek Indian boy called Crying Blood. Shaw ties the boy up in the barn, but during the few minutes he is left alone, someone thrusts a spear through Crying Blood's heart. The local law is on the killer's trail, but Shaw Tucker has a hunch... Only Shaw's wife Alafair might be able to forestall his dangerous plan. So Shaw sends her on a wild goose chase so he can confront the killer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590588312
• ISBN13: 9781590588314
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Pr
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"