The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake by Terry Shames

The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake by Terry Shames

Nonie Blake is back home from a mental institution where she has spent the last twenty years, and people are worried. Maybe too worried, for within a week of her return, Nonie is murdered. Police Chief Samuel Craddock thinks the only possible suspects are members of her tight-lipped family. Ever since Nonie tried to kill her sister when she was fourteen and was sent away to the institution, the family has kept to itself. Clues are scarce and Craddock is stumped. So he checks with therapists at the mental hospital to see whether they can add anything useful to his investigation. But he discovers that she has not been there for ten years. Now Craddock has to find out where Nonie has been all this time. Soon Craddock finds himself dealing not only with murder, but layers of deception and secrets, and in the midst of it all - a new deputy, one Maria Trevino, sent by the sheriff to beef up security in the small town of Jarrett Creek.

TERRY SHAMES is the Macavity Award-winning author of A Killing at Cotton Hill, The Final Death of Jack Harbin, Dead Broke in Jarrett Creek, and A Fatal Affair at Bobtail Ridge, all of which feature Samuel Craddock. She's also the coeditor of Fire in the Hills, a collection of stories, poems, and images about the Oakland Hills Fire of 1991. She grew raised in Texas and is still enthralled by the complicated connections and betrayals of the little town where her grandfather served as mayor. Terry is a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America.

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ISBN 13	9781633881204
ISBN 10	1633881202
Title	The Necessary Murder of Nonie Blake
Author	Terry Shames
Series	Samuel Craddock Mysteries Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Prometheus Books
Year published	2016-01-12
Number of pages	255
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