Mary Anna Evans

Isolation: a Faye Longchamp Mystery Mary Anna Evans

Publisher Marketing: Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she s out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse. In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler son he adores; and his father, who hasn't gotten around to telling him how long he's been out of prison or how he got there yet Joe has never felt so helpless or alone. Then a close friend at the local marina is brutally murdered, the first in a string of crimes against women that rocks Micco County. Joe, desperate to help Faye, realizes she is in danger from both her inner demons and someone who has breached the island s isolation. Local law and environmental officials say they want to help, but to Faye and Joe they feel more like invaders. A struggling Faye reaches back over a century into her family s history for clues. And all the while, danger snakes further into their lives, threatening the people they love, their cherished home, even the very ground some of it poisoned beneath their feet." Review Citations: Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 39 (EAN 9781464204029, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015 (EAN 9781464204029, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015 pg. 40 (EAN 9781464204029, Hardcover) Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 39 (EAN 9781464204050, Open Ebook) Booklist 05/01/2015 pg. 39 (EAN 9781464204043, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015 (EAN 9781464204043, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2015 pg. 36 (EAN 9781464204043, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Evans, Mary Anna Mary Anna Evans has degrees in physics and chemical engineering. Her background includes stints in environmental consulting and university administration. Writing lets her spend weeks indulging her passion for history, archaeology, and architecture, and months making up stories. Mary Anna lives in Florida with her three children and a cat.