The Melungeon Witch's Gold

By BV Lawson

The fourth intallment in the Melungeon Witch short-story series set between the two World Wars in the Appalachians near Sneedville, Tennessee.

A mysterious stranger is found with a bag of gold—and shot with a poisoned arrow. When a man and woman arrive in town with claims the gold was stolen, Sheriff Daniel Praeger must uncover the truth while Melungeon healer Cephea Collins tends to the wounded and unconscious victim. Will the growing feelings between Daniel and Cephea help solve the puzzle or drive them further apart?

• Language: English
• Publisher: BV Lawson
• Release date: May 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311448163

BV Lawson

Past career hats BV Lawson tried on include maid, super-speedy typist, classical musician, radio announcer, being in TV commercials (for all of one day), research assistant, TV features writer and working for the Discovery Channel. Now a full-time freelance writer, she's penned articles for various publications and won awards for her many published stories and poems.Thanks to the influence of library genes handed down from her mother, she created the blog In Reference to Murder which contains over 3,000 links for mystery readers and writers. She's working on a series of crime fiction novels set in various locations in and around the mid-Atlantic, and when time permits, BV and her husband enjoy flying over Northern Virginia and the Chesapeake in a little putt-putt plane. Visit BV via her web site, bvlawson.com. No ticket required

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The Melungeon Witch’s Gold

Sheriff Daniel Praeger and Cephea Collins Short Story #4

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BV Lawson

Copyright 2015 BV Lawson

The Melungeon Witch is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, places, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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The Melungeon Witch’s Gold

Sheriff Daniel Praeger parked his Model T in front of the yellow and gray bungalow with the small sign Baile’s Clinic hanging from the portico overhead. He looked over at his companion and said, You sure you’re up for this?

Cephea Collins smiled at him. I seen the living, the dying and everything in-between. Don’t you be worrying about me. Let’s go take a gander at this mystery man of yours.

He’d had second thoughts on the way over, wondering if he was insane for dragging the young woman into yet another criminal case. Or at least, he guessed it was a criminal case, since most people didn’t end up with arrows in them.

Daniel hopped out of the car and helped Cephea out of the passenger side. She’d wanted to bring along some of the herbal potions from her cabin, but he’d advised against it. Doc Baile was a competent and hardworking physician, but Daniel felt sure he’d be none too pleased to have the Melungeon healer treading in his medical sandbox.

Daniel was getting more and more irritated at the prejudice