The Case of the Unconquered Sisters
Mar 2020 · Open Road Media
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An American family in Mexico hosts a group of archaeologists—but is there an assassin among them? "Satisfactorily sinister . . . class-A sleuthing" ( Saturday Review).
"Unconquered" is the family motto of the Faudrees, whose ancestor, a Confederate officer, fled to Mexico decades ago. Now his two granddaughters, Lucy and Monica, live there in a beautiful old house near some black lava fields. The fields have recently attracted a team of archaeologists from an American university, and they'll be the sisters' guests during their expedition to Pedregal.
But Lucy and Monica soon discover the visiting academics may be unearthing trouble: A professor has died. Strange and threatening letters have been sent. And oddly, owls seem to be invading. To dig up the truth about what's going on, the Faudree sisters will need some help from US Customs agent and amateur sleuth Hugh Rennert, in this tale featuring "good background, atmosphere and characters" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
"You won't go wrong in giving Todd Downing a try." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"Unconquered" is the family motto of the Faudrees, whose ancestor, a Confederate officer, fled to Mexico decades ago. Now his two granddaughters, Lucy and Monica, live there in a beautiful old house near some black lava fields. The fields have recently attracted a team of archaeologists from an American university, and they'll be the sisters' guests during their expedition to Pedregal.
But Lucy and Monica soon discover the visiting academics may be unearthing trouble: A professor has died. Strange and threatening letters have been sent. And oddly, owls seem to be invading. To dig up the truth about what's going on, the Faudree sisters will need some help from US Customs agent and amateur sleuth Hugh Rennert, in this tale featuring "good background, atmosphere and characters" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
"You won't go wrong in giving Todd Downing a try." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
An American family in Mexico hosts a group of archaeologists—but is there an assassin among them? "Satisfactorily sinister . . . class-A sleuthing" ( Saturday Review).
"Unconquered" is the family motto of the Faudrees, whose ancestor, a Confederate officer, fled to Mexico decades ago. Now his t...
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Todd Downing, Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels, was born at Atoka, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in 1902. His paternal grandmother, Millissa Armstrong, part of the 1830 Choctaw migration from Mississippi, was George T. Downing's second wife. Their son, Samuel, Todd's father, born in the Choctaw Nation in 1872, served in Troop M of the Rough Riders, and married Maude Miller in 1899.
Todd Downing, Oklahoma's first successful writer of detective novels, was born at Atoka, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), in 1902. His paternal grandmother, Millissa Armstrong, part of the 1830 Choctaw migration from Mississippi, was George T. Downing's second wife. Their son, Samuel, Todd's fath...
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