The Return of the
Raven Mocker: an Alafair Tucker mystery by Donis Casey
Set in rural Oklahoma in the 1910s, this series centers
around Alafair Tucker, her husband Shaw, and their ten children. The older
children are married with their own families, the boys are in the army fighting
the war, and their youngest daughter is starting school.
The Spanish flu has invaded the area and people are dying at
an alarming rate. When a local man’s wife and stepson are found dead, it’s
first assumed that they succumbed to the flu. But the woman hadn’t been ill,
and Alafair is far too familiar with the signs of the disease—she suspects
poisoning. She is afraid that her testimony might have caused an innocent man
to go to jail. This book is eighth in the series. The author captures with
wonderful authenticity life for a large rural family, and Alafair is a
practical, resourceful and tenacious detective.
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