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I am finally relieved and excited
to see that an author has women
protagonists. Set in the 1880s,
Inez Stannert is looking for
ways to divorce her missing husband
and get on with her life. Her
relationship with the Reverend
Justice Sands is at stake and
the only other man she trusts
is her black partner.
In
days where
women weren’t
respected,
much less
a saloon owner
or owner of
a house of
prostitute,
Inez and Frisco
Flo decide
to become
business partners
and hopefully
Inez will
make a fortune.
However, when
one of Flo’s
girls, Lizzie,
is killed
everything
changes. During
the time that
Lizzie is
killed, General
Grant is coming
to the town
to and everyone
is focused
on him.
The
talk of the
town is women
voting and
immigration-
the whole
town is in
an uproar,
but Inez won’t
be deterred
from finding
Lizzie’s
killer.
Ms.
Parker is
a wonderful,
energetic
writer, able
to transport
us back into
time when
women couldn’t
vote, and
politics abounded.
The descriptions
of the characters
and town led
one to believe
they were
right there.
You can tell
the author
did some research
for this book. “Leaden
Skies” by
Ann Parker
is an extraordinary
read.
-
Carol Hoyer,
PhD
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