Dead March - 1st book in a new series Author:Ann McMillan In the gilded Virginia spring of 1861, talk of secession fills Richmond's parlors and dark doings are afoot in its medical school and cemetery. Narcissa Powers, a well-to-do young white widow, is thrown together with Judah Daniel, a free black herbalist and "conjure woman", to solve the murder of a slave girl whose cadaver is dug up by anatomist... more »s and their grave robbers. Aided by a fledgling British news correspondent, these two women from opposite ends of society risk their lives as they infiltrate the worlds of men, medicine, and war that are about to collide in the bloody battle of First Manassas. DEAD MARCH is the opening salvo in a series that will delight both mystery and Civil War buffs. This book is recorded on 7 cassettes.« less