In this fifth book in the Faye Longchamp series, Faye is working on a dig in New Orleans and gets involved in a murder related to Hurricane Katrina, which occurred three years before the events in the book.I didn't like this one quite as much as the others in the series. The mystery aspect didn'...
This is the first mystery in the Faye Longchamp mystery series. I reviewed number six in the series earlier in the year and though I wasn't lost, I was interested enough in the relationships, especially Faye's husband Joe Wolf Mantooth to find out more about the series. It took awhile for my li...
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 an ancient Na...
This is the 2nd in the Faye Longchamp (archaeologist) series. Back to school to pursue her dream of becoming an archaeologist, she has been asked to run a project for which she is barely qualified. Her assignment is to uncover the origins of the Sujosa, a mysterious ethnic group who have lived in...
Faye was glad for its warmth and she was glad to let the heavy wooden front door of Joyeuse shut behind her. Again, she was headed out for a day of unpaid work on her own island. The stout door cut off the sound of Joe’s “Good-bye,” and Michael’s “Mommy!” as it closed behind her. &nbs...
Faye would have thought she’d be nauseated by such a sight but adrenaline seemed to be keeping her lunch in her stomach. The body, still dressed, was wrapped loosely in a blue tarpaulin. The skin was white and flabby. The throat wound seemed to have monopolized the attenti...
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Focus on the money you’re earning and the bills you’re going to pay with it. This was the scolding that Faye would have expected to give a teenager. It embarrassed her to admit that she was the one who needed scolding. Amande shifted in her chair now and then, and she some...
She twisted around to get a look at the cut—thank goodness, it hadn’t needed stitches—but she couldn’t do much more than spin around, chin over her shoulder, like a cat chasing its tail. A mirror helped her get a bandage on it, which was good, because she had no intention ...