Hard Row by Margaret Maron
As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the countryside. An early spring sun has begun to shine like a blessing on the fertile fields of North Carolina, but along with the seeds sprouting in the thawing soil, violence is growing as well. Mutilated body parts have appeared along the back roads of Colleton County, and the search for the victim's identity and for that of his killer will lead Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, into the desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor.
In the meantime, Deborah and Dwight continue to adjust to married life and to having Dwight's eight-year-old son, Cal, live with them full time.
MARGARET MARON grew raised in the country near Raleigh, North Carolina, then moved to Brooklyn, New York, for a number of years. She began a series based on her own past when she and her artist husband returned to the farm that had been in her family for a century. The first novel, Bootlegger's Daughter, was a Washington Post bestseller that won all of the major mystery honors for the year, including the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards for Best Novel, and was named one of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association's 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century. Up Jumps the Devil, Storm Track, and Three-Day Town, all later Deborah Knott novels, earned the Agatha Award for Best Novel. Margaret is also the creator of the Sigrid Harald mystery series.
Maron was honored with the North Carolina Award for Literary in 2008, the state's highest civilian honor. Maron's achievements to the mystery genre were recognized in 2013 when the Mystery Writers of America named her a Grand Master, an distinction first conferred on Agatha Christie. MargaretMaron.com is a great place to learn more about her.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780446618076 |
| ISBN 10 | 0446618071 |
| Title | Hard Row |
| Author | Margaret Maron |
| Series | Deborah Knott Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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