Summary
They all came to Leadville with the same purpose—Get in. Get rich. Get out.
As 1879 draws to a close, this Rocky Mountain boomtown has infected the world with silver fever. It’s not much different than the dot.com mania or the corporate scams that heat up over a century later.
Unfortunately for Joe Rose, a precious-metals assayer, death stakes its own claim. Joe’s body is found trampled into the muck behind Inez Stannert’s saloon. Inez already had much more to deal with than p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590582787 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590582780 |
| Author: | Ann Parker |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Silver Rush Mysteries |
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Critics Review
“Silver Lies is a tale of greed, lust and deception set in Leadville in its heyday, when men - and not a few women - stopped at nothing, not even murder, to strike it rich. Ann Parker gets is just right, and the result is a terrific debut novel.” * Margaret Coel, award-winning author of The Shadow Dancer *
“Parker…sum[s] up in a few sharp sentences the tawdry power of a frontier boomtown like Leadville, where a sudden surge in silver could burnish everyone’s dreams. …her first novel… combines a kind of gritty grandeur with a knowing wisdom about the way the present shapes our perceptions of the past.” * The Chicago Tribune *
“Drawing on historic facts and figures of 1870s Colorado, Parker tells a gripping tale of love, greed and murder in the Old West, with a cast of convincing, larger-than-life characters, including a brief appearance from Bat Masterson himself. Inez is a woman well ahead of her time and a welcome addition to the genre, as is Parker, who has left enough loose ends to beckon readers to the next Leadville mystery.” (starred review) * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Ann Parker
Ann Parker is the author of the award-winning Silver Rush historical mystery series set in the 1880s, featuring music store owner and nineteenth-century angel investor Inez Stannert. A science writer by day, Ann lives in the San Francisco Bay area and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Women Writing the West.
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