From
I
Love
a Mystery
By
Jean
Utley
Leadville
, Colorado
, in
1880,
is a
silver
mining
town
waiting
for
the
railroad
to come
to town.
Photographer
Susan
Carothers
has
seen
two
men
sabotage
the
newly
laid
tracks
and
nearly
dies
herself
in the
explosion.
Susan's
friend,
Inez
Stannert,
a saloon
keeper
and
amateur
sleuth,
agrees
to find
out
what
Susan
has
seen.
And
so begins
IRON
TIES
by Ann
Parker,
the
second
book
in the
series
featuring
Inez
and
Leadville.
Inez
finds
herself
swept
up in
a romance
with
Reverend
Jay
Sands,
even
as she
is attracted
to a
railroad
man.
But
she
can't
afford
to let
her
reputation
become
tarnished
even
the
slightest
bit,
since
her
saloon
is barely
profitable.
Her
partner
Abe
hires
two
actors
to help
bring
in customers
and
one
of the
actors
seems
very
familiar
to Inez.
All
of these
problems
pale
when
the
news
that
General
Ulysses
Grant,
Civil
War
Hero,
is coming
to town
on the
new
rail
line.
The
Civil
War,
bitterly
fought
only
fifteen
years
before,
is still
a divisive
subject
and
veterans
of
both
sides
have
moved
west
after
the
war.
The
war
is
almost
as popular
a subject
among
the
citizens
as
which
rail
line
belongs
in Leadville.
And
why
sabotage
the
rail
lines
at all?
The
answer
has
its
roots
in
both
conflicts.
Inez
follows
the
clues
to a
satisfying
conclusion
that
is steeped
in the
past.
Parker
makes
history
interesting
and
combines
the
best
of the
mystery,
western
and
romance
genres
in a
book
that
will
appeal
to all
readers.
There
is something
for
everyone,
and
anticipation
for
the
next
adventure
featuring
Inez
Stannert.
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