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Artifacts
- A Faye Longchamp Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Faye Longchamp has lost nearly everything, except for her quick mind and a grim determination to keep her ancestral home, Joyeuse, a moldering plantation hidden along the Florida coast. No one knows how Faye’s great-great-grandmother Cally, a newly freed slave barely out of her teens, came to own Joyeuse in the aftermath of the Civil War. No one knows how her descendants hung on to it through Reconstruction, world wars, the Depression, and Jim Crow, but Faye has inherited the island plantation - and the family tenacity.
When the property taxes rise beyond her means, Faye sets out to save Joyeuse by digging for artifacts on her property and the surrounding national wildlife refuge and selling them on the black market. A tiny bit of that dead glory would pay a year’s taxes, and a big, valuable chunk of the past would save her home forever. But instead of potsherds and arrowheads, she uncovers a woman’s shattered skull, a Jackie Kennedy-style earring nestled against its cheek bone. Faye is torn. If she reports her find, she’ll reveal her illegal livelihood, thus risking jail and the loss of Joyeuse. She doesn’t intend to let that happen, so she probes into the dead woman’s history herself, unaware that the past is rushing toward her like a hurricane across deceptively calm Gulf waters.
Mary Anna Evans, award-winning author of the Faye Longchamp mysteries, has degrees in physics and engineering, but her heart is in the past. Her books have found an unexpected home in schools, and when she’s not writing novels, she works with elementary teachers to develop ways to use popular fiction to teach math, science, and history.
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- island girl
- 10-02-23
Threads past and present intertwined in twisty plot
Really like the off-grid feel to this and the way the writer brings the past to the present with journal entries and life story reports. The description of weather and setting are well drawn but it is the independent spirit of the protagonist who has her own rules about what is right and wrong which give this book exciting psychological undercurrents. A good start to what promises to be a great series, read it!
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- The Curator
- 29-12-22
Enjoyable tosh
Everything about this book drove me mad- woman just happens to own massive but dilapidated mansion and two boats but that’s supposed to excuse her nighthawking despite being a tip top archaeologist. There’s a museum which would not be accredited in any universe and people making up the law left right and centre. Apart from being utter nonsense it is enjoyably good fun so whether you enjoy it (and I did) will depend on how easily you suspend your disbelief.
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- Margot O'Donnell
- 04-01-23
Interesting storyline
It took a while for me to get into the story, quite a bit of technical info. Once I did get there I really enjoyed it. Look forward to reading more.
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- J
- 16-10-22
Likeable, easy listening, great ending.
very good. Characters, especially Joe, are well written and most are likeable. I guessed who the "baddie" was before that was revealed. Didn't detract from the storyline.
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- Sara
- 20-07-22
loved this book
loved the book, kept me intrigued right to the end. good story and characters, nice feel for the location of Florida and the seasons. excellent narrator too. definitely recommend.
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- S M Drew
- 27-05-23
A very clever and fascinating story.
This story never gets dull and never loses its pace or ability to keep you hooked. Well worth a listen if murder mystery and history are your things.
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- kevin
- 07-03-22
I was hooked!
This is a well-crafted story in which threads slowly come together to an exiting finish.
I love the interweaving of history and the evocative scenes. It has the flow of a good old fashioned story and a well-paced crime thriller too.
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- Debra
- 23-12-22
Fabulous history details & a good thriller
Really enjoyed everything about this. The reader was great and the broad sweep of details about the history and landscape of Florida were fascinating. The characters were really well drawn and the plot twisted sufficiently to hold your attention.
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