Summer of the Redeemers by Carolyn Haines

Summer of the Redeemers by Carolyn Haines

Along with the sweltering heat of the Mississippi Pine Barrens, the summer of 1963 brings intruders to Kali Oka Road: The Blood of the Redeemer churchers, members of a secretive religious sect, and Nadine Andrews, a single woman of marrying age more interested in her horses than starting a family.

Both threaten the predictable sameness of this rural, tightly knit community. And both provide irresistible temptation for 13-year-old Bekkah Rich, who is willing to risk hell fire in her efforts to spy on the newcomers.

But then her best friend's baby sister disappears, surrounding Bekkah in a web of kidnapping and murder. Suddenly, summertime antics become deadly serious, and those who were once a curiosity are now tainted with evil.

Carolyn Haines is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series, as well as a variety of other mystery and crime novels, such as the Pluto's Snitch paranormal-historical mystery series and the Familiar Legacy romantic suspense series featuring Trouble the black cat detective. The Harper Lee Prize for Outstanding Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, and the Mississippi Writers Guild Lifetime Achievement Award have all been bestowed upon her. She lives on a farm with rescue cats, dogs, and horses and has worked as a journalist, bartender, photographer, farmhand, and college professor.