Death's Half Acre (Hardcover) by Margaret Maron

from cee2

Margaret Maron is one of my favorite mystery authors. I particularly like her Deborah Knott series and this book is part of it. Her main characters have a depth to them that keeps me coming back.

from FicusFan

This is book 14 in the Judge Deborah Knott mystery series. It follows Deborah and her family in NC. I love the series, though I didn't care as much for the story and mystery characters in this one. It seemed off somehow. Still I enjoyed Deborah and her friends and family. I can't wait for the nex...

from bookswoman

Deborah Knott is again involved in one of husband Dwight's cases. When a local city commissioner is killed Deborah is hunting for reasons. As usual there are various family members involved in one way or another, brother Will hired the daughter of the victim the day of the killing. Daddy Knott is...

from jamespurcell

Deb'rah takes us on a look into the sleazy world of real estate chicanery and blackmail when the chairperson of the county commissioners apparent suicide is found to be murder. This self-made successful woman may have paid the price of her wheeling, dealing, and extortion so there are many suspec...

from auntieknickers

Margaret Maron's books are consistently good reading, and this one is no exception. The umpty-leventh in her Judge Deborah Knott series, which began with the Edgar-winning [book: The Bootlegger's Daughter] in 1992, [book: Death's Half-Acre] finds recently-married Deborah still working on the rami...