Relics by Mary Anna Evans
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- Pub. Date: August 2005
- 296pp
- Sales Rank: 534,451
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2005
- Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
- Format: Hardcover, 296pp
- Sales Rank: 534,451
- Series: Faye Longchamp Mysteries (Hardcover) Series
- ISBN-13: 9781590581193
- ISBN: 1590581199
Synopsis
Faye Longchamp investigates the origins of a mysterious ethnic group called the Sujosa who have lived in Alabama's remote hills for centuries. The Sujosa say opening their lives to scientists will be like letting a snake into Eden...but after several deaths, it seems the snake may already be nesting there.
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Adult/High School-Evans's Artifacts (Poisoned Pen, 2003) introduced readers to Faye Longchamp, detective and archaeologist. Here, the woman is sent to a rural Alabama settlement to lead a team assigned to unearth the mysteries of the Sujosa tribe. The group is distinguished by a rare eye color and unusual immunity to diseases, especially AIDS. Not long after Faye arrives, an oral historian assigned to the archaeological dig dies in a fire of suspicious origin. Soon after, an 18-year-old Sujosa boy reportedly commits suicide. Now Faye suspects that there is much more intrigue in the tribe's history and that a murderer lurking in the community is responsible for both deaths. Unless she can discover the secrets of the Sujosa, she is sure that she will be the next target. Evans delivers a convincing read with life-size, unique characters, not the least of whom is Faye's Indian sidekick, Joe. The archaeological adventures are somewhat reminiscent of Tony Hillerman's "Jim Chee" mysteries (HarperCollins). While the story is complex, Relics will engage the imagination of readers attracted to unearthing the secrets of lost cultures.-Catherine Gilbride, Farifax County Public Library, VA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Mary Anna Evans has degrees in physics and chemical engineering. Her background includes stints in environmental consulting and university administration. Writing lets her spend weeks indulging her passion for history, archaeology, and architecture, and months making up stories. Mary Anna lives in Florida with her three children and a cat.
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A terrific mysteryby harstan
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May 26, 2005: Last minute replacement for a pregnant forty-five year old, archaeology graduate student Faye Longchamp leads an excursion into a remote Alabama area to study the Sujosa who have lived in isolation here for centuries and are apparently immune to modern day diseases like AIDS. Faye knows how reticent the Sujosa are with outsiders.................... Not long after arriving, the abode where Faye and others stay is an inferno. She escapes, but her oral historian expert Carmen Martinez dies in the fire. Fire Marshal Adam Strahan struggles with how the fire began while Faye wonders how a metallic suitcase that Carmen possessed vanished. Not long afterward, a teenager dies at what appears to be a suicide at a cell phone construction tower, but Adam, Faye, and others ponder whether a clever homicide is covered up to look like self inflicted death occurred. Could Carman have found something that has led to someone murdering to keep secrets hidden?.................... The sequel to ARTIFACTS, RELICS is a terrific mystery that provides the audience with a wonderful look at Alabama through an archeological lens that glimpses back at the state?s history from a modern viewpoint. The story line is exciting from the moment Faye survives the deadly arson until the climax that will surprise the audience. Readers will enjoy this fine regional who-done-it while anticipating more appearances from Faye working in the field.................. Harriet Klausner
I want more!by Anonymous
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May 08, 2005: Faye Longchamp, an archaeology graduate student, has been asked to lead her first major excavation. She and her (assistant) friend, Joe Wolf Mantooth, go to a remote Alabama settlement. Her task is to uncover the origins of a mysterious ethnic group of people called the Sujosa. These people have shown immunity to many diseases, including AIDS. The Sujosa have lived in the remote hills for centuries. They are very poor and do not trust 'outsiders'. Yet Faye is determined to gain their trust and dig up the facts that would trace the Sujosa's heritage. ...................................... Faye is hardly settled in when she awakens, late one night, to find the house on fire. Faye manages to save herself and one other housemate, but Carmen, the project's oral historian, dies. Questions abound about how the blaze began and where Carmen's aluminum briefcase had disappeared to. A few days later, a local teenager dies at a cell phone tower. It looks like suicide, but some things just do not add up. .......................................... Faye, Joe, and Fire Marshal Adam Strahan must figure out what Carmen had in her oral history notes worth killing for, before someone else dies. .................................................................... ...................... **** This novel is rich in historical details and written in a way that the plot is easily understood. Readers will have no trouble following along as this tale of mystery and intrigue guides them into a web of deceit. Author Mary Anna Evans has found her writing niche in the genre of Mysteries. BRAVA! I want more! ****
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