Ebook375 pages5 hours
The Natural Selection: An Historical Mystery
By Ona Russell
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
In July of 1925, Sarah Kaufman is finally taking the holiday she deserves. Her court duties in the hands of a competent replacement, she looks forward to a month of relaxation with her cousin Lena, the newest and most progressive member of the English department at Tennessee’s Edenville College. Knowing that the South would be even more humid than Toledo, Sarah packed only her lightest clothing. What she did not know, however, was that she also would need the investigative skills she had just barely acquired, the lover she had continuously resisted, and the emotional strength that she thought had been tested enough for one lifetime. Indeed, even before one of hottest summers on record has a chance to make her rethink her vacation plans, Sarah reluctantly agrees to help investigate the mysterious death of one of Lena’s most esteemed and, as she discovers, enigmatic colleagues. With the dead professor’s own cryptic, Darwinian message as a guide, Sarah travels the short distance to Dayton, Tennessee, where the internationally followed Scopes “Monkey” trial is underway. There, along with the disquieting Mitchell Dobrinkski reporting on the event for the Blade, she meets the famous journalist H. L. Mencken, who provides her with information that could help unravel the mystery. But the case, and the challenges to Sarah’s physical and psychological well-being, have only just begun. What follows is a harrowing and complex path of dead-ends, bigotry and brutality, a journey that shatters her own preconceptions, takes her to the depths of her own desire, and ultimately leads her back to the college where Darwin’s controversial theory of evolution startlingly resurfaces in a manner she never could have predicted. Set against the backdrop of what was deemed the “Trial of the Century,” this socially and politically relevant blend of fact and fiction includes actual courtroom excerpts and vividly portrays the Scopes trial’s central figures: John Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, and especially H. L. Mencken.
Author
Ona Russell
Ona Russell holds a PhD in Literature from the University of California, San Diego. She lectures nationally on the topic of literature and the law and is a regular contributor to Orange County Lawyer magazine. She also has been published in newspapers, scholarly journals and anthologies. She is the author of The Natural Selection and Rule of Capture, both from Sunstone Press.
Read more from Ona Russell
Rule of Capture: An Historical Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsO'Brien's Desk: An Historical Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Natural Selection
Related ebooks
Cast a Blue Shadow: An Amish Country Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sophie and the Sibyl: A Victorian Romance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Way Out Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn & Oz: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Small Room: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Oxherding Tale: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Let It Be Morning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories; Second Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStoryteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Through the Magic Door Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dearly Beloved: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nature of Truth, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cars on Fire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAny Deadly Thing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDance When the Party's Over Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Kingdom Romance: Episode 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Narcissist's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The End of Vandalism: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Age of Goodbyes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Apartment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Natasha: And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tanglewood Tales (Annotated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Watchmaker's Daughter: A Memoir Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTanglewood Tales - For Girls and Boys - Being a Second Wonder-Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neveryóna: Or, The Tale of Signs and Cities Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5American Follies Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe One Before Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Wreckage of Eden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Mystery For You
The Stories of Ray Bradbury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Short Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hunting Party: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This Is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Girls: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Flight: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Under a Red Moon: A 1920s Bangalore Mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Paris Apartment: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pieces of Her: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pharmacist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life We Bury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in the Library: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5False Witness: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kept Woman: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jack Reacher: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Club: A Reese's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dark Side: A Collection of Mysteries & Thrillers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Natural Selection
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Natural Selection - Ona Russell
/1Na book_preview_excerpt.html }˒GݯjƬI8
4$ $-*G+~,2! Dn`$sI*+28~=Ѕ_=>EYձiP}qXb;N&.\OS1շ.mX1DT1gl8~_`|ڶxɟn0^뙸N{wL:#~\>oBSLuќ||TlϘLj}1u{8,`|`Xt!{ِ_im=oS-*̪) +vtCe1^W0mC8p]pH-ř烇8j)R9qm^~pW
p:V#
[DHmKj|>x;7Ʊ2|[t>js|i>4u)=쮌z<}0=<Fwx1$*ݿ4,=ţ,v=ՈΏjS9?1>#^P