Quincy
Public Library
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reviews
are by members
of the staff
This
week at
the Quincy
Public Library
the favorite
book is
Silver Lies
by Ann Parker.
Set in 1879
in Leadville,
Colorado,
Parker paints
a vivid
picture
of life
in a silver
boom town.
Miners,
bankers,
immigrants,
and regular
folks are
all trying
to get rich
quick, one
way or another,
off the
silver found
in the Rocky
Mountains.
Inez Stannert
is one of
the townspeople
simply trying
to make
a living
and run
a clean
saloon.
Respected
by the miners
and tolerated
by the upright
citizens,
Inez does
what she
can for
the town.
When a friend
of hers
is brutally
murdered
outside
her saloon,
Inez becomes
determined
to find
Joe’s
killer and
do right
by his family.
Counterfeiting,
forgery,
robbery,
and blackmail
schemes
all come
light during
Inez’s
search for
the truth.
Parker,
whose ancestors
lived in
Leadville
at the turn
of the century,
has written
an excellent
first novel
sure to
be a hit.
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