Summary"In a class with...sleuths V.I. Warshawski and Stephanie
Plum,"(Publishers Weekly) China Bayles stumbles over
old secrets in a Shaker village.
China's friends and family are urging her to get some
rest—and a Kentucky Shaker village seems the ideal
place for it. At Mount Zion, China can assist with some
herbal workshops—while absorbing all things Shaker,
from their furniture to their peaceful ways. But the
restored modern version of the village, striving to become a
popular tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune and
strife— some of it the likely result of sabotage. China
and her friend Martha are hoping to get to the bottom of it.
However, much like Shaker history itself, the case appears
simpler at first than it is. There is tension behind the
serene exterior. And after a shocking death occurs during
her stay, China will plunge into the archives of another
time to connect the sins of the past with a modern-day murder.
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