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Effigies
- A Faye Longchamp Mystery, Book 3
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
Archaeologist Faye Longchamp and her friend Joe Wolf Mantooth have traveled to Neshoba County, Mississippi, to help excavate a site near Nanih Waiya, the sacred mound where tradition says the Choctaw Nation was born. When farmer Carroll Calhoun refuses their request to investigate a nearby mound on his land, Faye and her colleagues are disappointed, but his next action breaks their hearts: He tries to bulldoze the huge relic to the ground. Faye and Joe rush to protect history - with their bodies, if necessary.
Soon the Choctaws arrive to defend the mound, and the farmer’s white and black neighbors come to defend his property rights. Though a popular young sheriff is able to defuse the situation, tempers are short.
But then that night, Calhoun is found dead, his throat sliced with a handmade stone blade. Was he killed by an archaeologist angered by his wanton destruction of history? Or, since local farmers have been plowing up stone tools like the murder weapon for centuries, did one of them take this chance to even the score with an old rival?
The sheriff is well aware that Faye and Joe were near the spot where Calhoun’s body was found and that their combined knowledge of stone tools is impressive. They had motive, means, and opportunity - but so does almost everyone in Neshoba County.
Mary Anna Evans has degrees in physics and engineering. She is the author of the award-winning Faye Longchamp mysteries.
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- Helen Cuthbert
- 29-12-22
Great story telling
A very enjoyable, 'page-turning' story with a pleasingly challenging whodunnit plot spliced with the opening up of the worlds if archeology and First Nation cultures and beliefs. Day's 'love interests' were a good added interest. come on, Joe and Fay, get your act together!
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- S. Pesante
- 17-01-19
Another good mystery
I really enjoy the research and history that has gone into the writing and the stories told within the novel. I like the way the author interweaves all the elements into a coherent and exciting tale. My favourite of the series so far.
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- The Curator
- 10-01-23
Easy reading but fun enough
Our heroine continues to flout law and good archaeological practice across America. Rednecks redneck and everyone else struggles with their identity. It’s all fine enough but I was a bit shocked to hear it’s being studied in schools.
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