Dancing Dead (27 page)

Praise for DEBORAH WOODWORTH's SHAKER MYSTERIES

“A complete and very charming portrait of a world, its ways, and the beliefs of its people, and an excellent mystery to draw you along.”

Anne Perry

 

“A first-rate series; warm-hearted, richly detailed, and completely enthralling. Mystery fans should be sure to give them a try.”

Publishers Weekly

 

“Bits of Shaker lore add a fresh slant . . . But it is Rose herself—intelligent, compassionate, and very strong—whom readers will especially want to see again.”

Star Tribune
(Minneapolis/St. Paul)

 

“Woodworth writes with grace and intelligence.”

Carolyn Hart

 

“A fascinating framework of period detail.”

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

 

“Woodworth does an admirable job of opening up the world of these peaceful and industrious people to the reader . . . But she doesn't idealize her characters, who exhibit the same small and large sins as the rest of us, even in their cloistered, orderly world.”

Denver Post

Other Shaker Mysteries by
Deborah Woodworth

D
EATH OF A
W
INTER
S
HAKER

A D
EADLY
S
HAKER
S
PRING

S
INS OF A
S
HAKER
S
UMMER

A S
IMPLE
S
HAKER
M
URDER

K
ILLING
G
IFTS

Copyright

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

 

 

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Copyright © 2002 by Deborah Woodworth

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