Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon Series, 10)

At historic Mt. Locust, a former producing plantation and inn on Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway now serving as a tourist spot, Anna encounters an unexpected murder when she answers a call. The man Anna finds in the stand's old bedroom is no tourist in distress, but rather a nearly naked and very dead body bearing marks consistent with an S&M ritual gone awry. Nearby on a writing table, an open Bible with ominous passages circled in red provides further clues. It seems the deceased is the brother of Raymond Barnette, the local undertaker and a candidate for sheriff, who wishes to keep any hint of kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.

Ray may be hiding a house full of secrets in the old family homestead, but before Anna can begin her investigation, she is waylaid by malevolent poachers, peevish coworkers, and a suddenly turbulent romantic life. When hidden agendas and old allegiances are eventually revealed, it is suddenly Anna's own life that is on the line.

The last thing Anna expects when answering the call to historic Mt. Locust, now a tourist spot but once a producing plantation and inn on Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway, is to encounter murder. However, the body she finds in the stand's old bedroom is no tourist in distress - it is a nearly naked and very dead man, his body bearing marks consistent with an S&M ritual gone awry. Nearby, an open Bible with ominous passages circled in red suggests the deceased is the brother of Raymond Barnette, the local undertaker and a candidate for sheriff, who wishes to keep any hint of kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.

Though Ray may be hiding a house full of secrets in the old family homestead, Anna's investigation is waylaid by malevolent poachers, peevish coworkers, and a suddenly turbulent romantic life before it can truly begin. And when hidden agendas and old allegiances are eventually revealed, it is Anna's own life that is suddenly on the line.

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