Rose Callahan, newly appointed eldress of the community of Believers at the Kentucky Shaker viliage of North Homage, confesses to a nagging resentment toward Andrew, sent by the lead ministry in Mount Lebanon to act as trustee. She knows little about the man, except that he's taken charge of the ...
SISTER ROSE IS ON A MISSION... TO CATCH A KILLER The peaceful Shakers, pledged to hard work, worship and nonviolence could scarcely believe there was a dead body in their herb house. The handsome young drifter known as a "Winter Shaker" had professed to be a Believer to find refuge from the cold ...
Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, Sister Rose Callahan's Shaker village of North Homage is surviving nicely. Now they have visitorsa group of "reformers" hoping to create a utopian community that allows more freedom. Rose is disturbed by the group's attitudes...and stunned when one ...
The Depression's winter gloom has crept into the summerhouse of the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts. The dead body of a woman "of dubious reputation" -- a lost soul befriended by many of the brothers and sisters -- sits at a table in an evening gown, snow swirling around her frozen ankles...
How did Elsa continue to ferret out information before Rose or, apparently, anyone else? Who was her source? All right, Rose, she thought, unclench your teeth. You don’t have time to worry about Elsa right now. She lifted her long skirts and ran up the stairs directly to the records room. She rip...
She rocked unevenly, pausing now and then as she followed a trail of thought, and pushing hard again when the trail led nowhere. The knock on her door distracted her, for which she was grateful. Petite Sister Lydia, one of the Kitchen sisters, poked her head inside. “Sorry to bother you, Rose, bu...