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The fourth in the Fever Devilin series.
Fever Devilin is a folklorist by inclination and training. He was born and raised amongst the hill-country folk of the Georgia Appalachians and it was there that he returned once he decided to leave academia.
Hes the perfect person to turn to when the owner of a mysterious medallion, one with some connection to the area, wants to uncover the provenance of the piece. On the surface, it sounds simple enough but nothing is ever that simple in Fever's life.
The medallions owner is found murdered, in Fevers house and the papers of Fevers late grandfather, of no intrinsic value, are stolen. And naturally Fever is the prime suspect.
The only clue to the truth behind these confusing events is the medallion itself, which is somehow tied to Fevers secretive familys history. With someone trying to frame him for the murder and other hidden forces hot on the trail of the medallion itself, Fever is wedged tightly between the proverbial rock and equally proverbial hard place. And the only possible way out is buried within the uncomfortable hidden truths about his own family that Fever has spent years trying to avoid.
Fever Devilin is a folklorist by inclination and training. He was born and raised amongst the hill-country folk of the Georgia Appalachians and it was there that he returned once he decided to leave academia.
Hes the perfect person to turn to when the owner of a mysterious medallion, one with some connection to the area, wants to uncover the provenance of the piece. On the surface, it sounds simple enough but nothing is ever that simple in Fever's life.
The medallions owner is found murdered, in Fevers house and the papers of Fevers late grandfather, of no intrinsic value, are stolen. And naturally Fever is the prime suspect.
The only clue to the truth behind these confusing events is the medallion itself, which is somehow tied to Fevers secretive familys history. With someone trying to frame him for the murder and other hidden forces hot on the trail of the medallion itself, Fever is wedged tightly between the proverbial rock and equally proverbial hard place. And the only possible way out is buried within the uncomfortable hidden truths about his own family that Fever has spent years trying to avoid.
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All DePoy's books are interesting and keep you thinking hard until the end.
I really enjoyed this second in the series, and look forward to reading the next...........love the setting, and the folklore, as well as the great mystery!
This book is so well written, too!
This book is so well written, too!
After being contacted about a rare coin, Fever finds that there is a mystery surounding the coin which the old timers of the area will not tell him. Thus he, a friend and the owner of the extremely rare coin join forces to find the coin's story. The coin apears to be cursed and bad things begin to happen including one of the three men ending up dead. I had a hard time getting into the book, it seemed to drag on a little slowly and did not really grab my interest even though it was an interesting mystery.
