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Adams, Deborah All the Dirty Cowards
Overmountain Press, The 2000 1-57072-115-7 / 9781570721151 Hardcover
ABOUT THE BOOK All the Dirty Cowards SYNOPSIS Dan McClain bought the old Vickers farm hoping to find a peaceful retreat in Jesus Creek, Tennessee, but the town's unique reality hits home when skeletons start popping up in McClain's yard, followed by the murder of a beloved local resident. Are the crimes connected? Amateur sleuth and genealogist Delia Cannon is determined to unearth the answer. As ghostly remnants of a long ago murder linger in the shadow of present day tragedy, Delia's passion for truth draws the attention of a killer who isn't about to let a decades-old crime come to light. About The Author Flair and Macavity Award-winner Deborah Adams' first novel, All The Great Pretenders, was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1993. Since that time, Adams has earned a reputation among readers, critics, and booksellers as a talented author who consistently produces a more compelling story with each new novel. A seventh-generation Tennessean, Adams brings to her work an appreciation for the lore and traditions of the South. Combining her sharply perceptive observations of human nature with a biting and slightly warped wit, she creates satirical novels that gently tweak the reader's conscience while mercilessly tickling the funny bone. She has recently begun studying tap, jazz, and ballet. In her first year of dance instruction, Deborah was prohibited from performing in the recital by the vehement protests of her seven-year-old classmates. In 1999, however, she and the other members of The Dance Center's first year adult class will be the intermission entertainment at the spring recital. In addition to writing, Adams is actively involved with a domestic violence prevention organization. In 1995, she competed in her first horseback endurance race, completing the course under particularly grueling conditions (i.e. the fringes of a hurricane). She did not finish in last place. Adams served on the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Committees (Best Novel) in 1993 and (Best Short Story) in 1996, and is a member of The American Crime Writers League and the Writers' World Order. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ...Jesus Creek, Tennessee's cast of quirky, true to small-town life characters will leave you delighted to have made their acquaintance and quick to say, "Y'all come back real soon, now, hear? (Suzann Ledbetter, Spur Award winning author of East of Peculiar. ) - Suzann Ledbetter
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Adams, Deborah All the Dirty Cowards
Overmountain Press, The 2000 1-57072-131-9 / 9781570721311 Paperback
ABOUT THE BOOK All the Dirty Cowards SYNOPSIS Dan McClain bought the old Vickers farm hoping to find a peaceful retreat in Jesus Creek, Tennessee, but the town's unique reality hits home when skeletons start popping up in McClain's yard, followed by the murder of a beloved local resident. Are the crimes connected? Amateur sleuth and genealogist Delia Cannon is determined to unearth the answer. As ghostly remnants of a long ago murder linger in the shadow of present day tragedy, Delia's passion for truth draws the attention of a killer who isn't about to let a decades-old crime come to light. About The Author Flair and Macavity Award-winner Deborah Adams' first novel, All The Great Pretenders, was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1993. Since that time, Adams has earned a reputation among readers, critics, and booksellers as a talented author who consistently produces a more compelling story with each new novel. A seventh-generation Tennessean, Adams brings to her work an appreciation for the lore and traditions of the South. Combining her sharply perceptive observations of human nature with a biting and slightly warped wit, she creates satirical novels that gently tweak the reader's conscience while mercilessly tickling the funny bone. She has recently begun studying tap, jazz, and ballet. In her first year of dance instruction, Deborah was prohibited from performing in the recital by the vehement protests of her seven-year-old classmates. In 1999, however, she and the other members of The Dance Center's first year adult class will be the intermission entertainment at the spring recital. In addition to writing, Adams is actively involved with a domestic violence prevention organization. In 1995, she competed in her first horseback endurance race, completing the course under particularly grueling conditions (i.e. the fringes of a hurricane). She did not finish in last place. Adams served on the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Committees (Best Novel) in 1993 and (Best Short Story) in 1996, and is a member of The American Crime Writers League and the Writers' World Order. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ...Jesus Creek, Tennessee's cast of quirky, true to small-town life characters will leave you delighted to have made their acquaintance and quick to say, "Y'all come back real soon, now, hear? (Suzann Ledbetter, Spur Award winning author of East of Peculiar. ) - Suzann Ledbetter
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Adams, Deborah All the Hungry Mothers
Overmountain Press, The 1999 1-57072-106-8 / 9781570721069 Hardcover
ABOUT THE BOOK All the Hungry Mothers ANNOTATION Aliens . . . paranoid old ladies . . . demon possession . . . haunted houses . . . you name it. Fledgling nanny Janet Ayres can't quite believe the nutty Southern enclave of Jesus Creek, Tennessee, where she's come to work. The only island of sanity is the happy home next door--until pure hell comes to roost even there. Fourth in the eccentric Southern Jesus Creek mystery series. Original. FROM THE PUBLISHER Flair and Macavity Award-winner Deborah Adams' first novel, All The Great Pretenders, was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1993. Since that time, Adams has earned a reputation among readers, critics, and booksellers as a talented author who consistently produces a more compelling story with each new novel. A seventh-generation Tennessean, Adams brings to her work an appreciation for the lore and traditions of the South. Combining her sharply perceptive observations of human nature with a biting and slightly warped wit, she creates satirical novels that gently tweak the reader's conscience while mercilessly tickling the funny bone. She has recently begun studying tap, jazz, and ballet. In her first year of dance instruction, Deborah was prohibited from performing in the recital by the vehement protests of her seven-year-old classmates. In 1999, however, she and the other members of The Dance Center's first year adult class will be the intermission entertainment at the spring recital. In addition to writing, Adams is actively involved with a domestic violence prevention organization. In 1995, she competed in her first horseback endurance race, completing the course under particularly grueling conditions (i.e. the fringes of a hurricane). She did not finish in last place. Adams served on the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Committees (Best Novel) in 1993 and (Best Short Story) in 1996, and is a member of The American Crime Writers League and the Writers' World Order. SYNOPSIS Deborah Adams' All The Hungry Mothers features nanny-for-hire Janet Ayres, who discovers the eccentricities of Jesus Creek, Tennessee, when she begins her duties in the Leach's disorderly antebellum mansion. She is reluctantly drawn into the chaotic lives of her employer and the desperate battered women and children who temporarily live together there. Janet finds solace in the apparent normalcy of the nuclear family living next door until that happy home is invaded by demons. Human drama is vividly portrayed as Janet investigates this puzzling phenomenon. The murder of the abusive husband of one of the shelter's former residents leads Janet to question whether her neighbors' paralyzing fear might be caused by a more tangible form of evil. Domestic violence is poignantly explored as this tantalizing mystery unfolds. As the answers are revealed, Janet Ayers and Jesus Creek are changed forever. FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly The third of Adams's works set in the small town of Jesus Creek, Tenn., this well-intentioned but ultimately unsatisfying Southern gothic focuses on domestic violence. An inexperienced young nanny, Janet Ayres, arrives in Jesus Creek to care for two-month-old Ariel Leach. The Leach household doubles as a safe house for battered women, and Ariel's mother, Sarah Elizabeth, juggles her volunteer work for a domestic violence hotline with a part-time job at the library, university classes and the demands of her razor-tongued mother-in-law--though her husband is mysteriously absent. Jesus Creek is peopled with an assortment of TV sitcom-style eccentrics, including an old codger who is documenting traces of UFO activity and a '60s-era hippy who gets tangled up in her yoga position. Janet comes to realize, though, that something is seriously amiss in the house next door where her new friend, Mary Ann, lives with her young son and seemingly devoted husband. Mary Ann's fate is entirely predictable, and readers will have no difficulty guessing the depressing climax. The story is told from Janet's perspective and as the nanny tends to both a pretentious vocabulary
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Adams, Deborah All the Hungry Mothers
Overmountain Press, The 1999 1-57072-122-X / 9781570721229 Paperback
ABOUT THE BOOK All the Hungry Mothers ANNOTATION Aliens . . . paranoid old ladies . . . demon possession . . . haunted houses . . . you name it. Fledgling nanny Janet Ayres can't quite believe the nutty Southern enclave of Jesus Creek, Tennessee, where she's come to work. The only island of sanity is the happy home next door--until pure hell comes to roost even there. Fourth in the eccentric Southern Jesus Creek mystery series. Original. FROM THE PUBLISHER Flair and Macavity Award-winner Deborah Adams' first novel, All The Great Pretenders, was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1993. Since that time, Adams has earned a reputation among readers, critics, and booksellers as a talented author who consistently produces a more compelling story with each new novel. A seventh-generation Tennessean, Adams brings to her work an appreciation for the lore and traditions of the South. Combining her sharply perceptive observations of human nature with a biting and slightly warped wit, she creates satirical novels that gently tweak the reader's conscience while mercilessly tickling the funny bone. She has recently begun studying tap, jazz, and ballet. In her first year of dance instruction, Deborah was prohibited from performing in the recital by the vehement protests of her seven-year-old classmates. In 1999, however, she and the other members of The Dance Center's first year adult class will be the intermission entertainment at the spring recital. In addition to writing, Adams is actively involved with a domestic violence prevention organization. In 1995, she competed in her first horseback endurance race, completing the course under particularly grueling conditions (i.e. the fringes of a hurricane). She did not finish in last place. Adams served on the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Committees (Best Novel) in 1993 and (Best Short Story) in 1996, and is a member of The American Crime Writers League and the Writers' World Order. SYNOPSIS Deborah Adams' All The Hungry Mothers features nanny-for-hire Janet Ayres, who discovers the eccentricities of Jesus Creek, Tennessee, when she begins her duties in the Leach's disorderly antebellum mansion. She is reluctantly drawn into the chaotic lives of her employer and the desperate battered women and children who temporarily live together there. Janet finds solace in the apparent normalcy of the nuclear family living next door until that happy home is invaded by demons. Human drama is vividly portrayed as Janet investigates this puzzling phenomenon. The murder of the abusive husband of one of the shelter's former residents leads Janet to question whether her neighbors' paralyzing fear might be caused by a more tangible form of evil. Domestic violence is poignantly explored as this tantalizing mystery unfolds. As the answers are revealed, Janet Ayers and Jesus Creek are changed forever. FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly The third of Adams's works set in the small town of Jesus Creek, Tenn., this well-intentioned but ultimately unsatisfying Southern gothic focuses on domestic violence. An inexperienced young nanny, Janet Ayres, arrives in Jesus Creek to care for two-month-old Ariel Leach. The Leach household doubles as a safe house for battered women, and Ariel's mother, Sarah Elizabeth, juggles her volunteer work for a domestic violence hotline with a part-time job at the library, university classes and the demands of her razor-tongued mother-in-law--though her husband is mysteriously absent. Jesus Creek is peopled with an assortment of TV sitcom-style eccentrics, including an old codger who is documenting traces of UFO activity and a '60s-era hippy who gets tangled up in her yoga position. Janet comes to realize, though, that something is seriously amiss in the house next door where her new friend, Mary Ann, lives with her young son and seemingly devoted husband. Mary Ann's fate is entirely predictable, and readers will have no difficulty guessing the depressing climax. The story is told from Janet's perspective and as the nanny tends to both a pretentious vocabulary
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