Reviewlets
"Ann
Parker's Silver
Lies has
it all:
greed, lust,
deception,
a 1879 Rocky
Mountain
boomtown
setting,
and a precious-metals
assayer
found murdered.
It's a healthy
mix of powerful
characters
and a realistic
setting
and circumstances,
which just
doesn't
quit."
Midwest
Book Review,
November
2003
" .
. . Ann
Parker’s Silver
Lies takes
place in
1879 Colorado,
during the
Silver Rush,
with guest
appearances
by Bat Masterson
and silver
baron Horace
Tabor and
other notorious
personages.
It’s
an excellent
first novel."
from Ruth's
Ravings for
November
2003 (Coffee,
Tea and
Mystery)
"The
silver mining
town of
Leadville
is a boomtown
in 1879
Colorado.
But the
brutal death
of a metals
assayer
threatens
to expose
the corrosive
underside
of the silver
rush in Silver
Lies (Poisoned
Pen, $24.95)
by Ann Parker.
Saloonkeeper
Inez Stannert's
attempts
to aid the
man's family
uncover
a trail
of crooked
assays,
counterfeit
money, and
blackmail.
Parker’s
debut novel
captures
the feel
of the Wild
West boomtowns
where everyone
has secrets
from past
lives and
dreams of
a rich future.
This gritty
historical
novel has
well-drawn
characters
and a fast-paced
storyline."
[KO] The
MLB News
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