Isolation
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Florida Book Awards Finalist
"A worthwhile addition to Faye's long-running series that weaves history, mystery, and psychology into a satisfying tale of greed and passion." —Kirkus Reviews
Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she's out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse.
In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family—Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler son he adores; and his father, who hasn't gotten around to telling him how long he's been out of prison or how he got there—yet Joe has never felt so helpless or alone.
Then a close friend at the local marina is brutally murdered, the first in a string of crimes against women that rocks Micco County. Joe, desperate to help Faye, realizes she is in danger from both her inner demons and someone who has breached the island's isolation. Local law and environmental officials say they want to help, but to Faye and Joe they feel more like invaders. A struggling Faye reaches back over a century into her family's history for clues. And all the while, danger snakes further into their lives, threatening the people they love, their cherished home, even the very ground—some of it poisoned—beneath their feet.
Mary Anna Evans
Mary Anna Evans is the author of the Faye Longchamp archeological mysteries, which have won the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Mississippi Author Award, and three Florida Book Awards bronze medals. The winner of the 2018 Sisters in Crime (SinC) Academic Research Grant, she is an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches fiction and nonfiction writing.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it!! Not a PI, not FBI, not even PD. She's an archeologist that solves cases, whether they want her to or not! ;) When you are meticulously working through layers of dirt, on occasion, things you are not expecting show up. And people don't like it when their buried stuff is found. This series is going to be a great read. So glad I stumbled on it!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Easy read; enjoyable story. Likeable characters mostly. I liked how the history of Faye's ancestry was slowly revealed.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The setting didn't appeal to me at all (even with the historical info. included at the beginning). I also was unclear on why Faye needed so much money. Yes, I know, something with the house, but I never quite put my finger on how it got to that point. I think my biggest obstacle was the same one that I had with the premise of Isis (TV show)--if someone is an archeologist (and supposedly a good person) I can't see how they'd remove items from a dig (official dig or not) willy-nilly. It would just seem to go against their character.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Great voice, great read and great characterization on the protagonist. I would have liked to see a lot more 'real' archeological plot as the dust jacket hinted. Those are the stories I love best. But as I always say, a solid story is a solid story and this was a solidly entertaining story-not to mention a very quick read.
I look forward to reading the next installment! - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5In Evans’ mystery novel, archeologist Faye Longchamp is determined to save history. With all the work her falling down mansion requires, she finds herself illegally selling artifacts she finds in the area as she works to stay off the grid of the authorities. But when two of her archeology students are murdered, and her friend Joe Wolf Mantooth is arrested for the crime, the media frenzy forces Faye to work the clues to find a killer before she loses everything that’s important to her.A fast-paced addition to A Faye Longchamp Mystery series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Faye Longchamp owns a house on a barrier island near the Florida panhandle. It has weathered great storms, difficult times and many owners, the last of which is Faye who is a descendant of a slave. This slave, Cally was granted her freedom and the mansion which was made of local materials sturdy enough to withstand the tests of time but it does need human help.
Faye who is an archeologist reveres the past and is doing her best to keep up the house but turbulent happenings are surrounding the once peaceful area. There have been murders of some local students and the bones of past murders have surfaced as well.
Fave and her companion on the island Joseph Mantooth are in murky water indeed as a storm develops in the gulf that threatens both the house and their lives, but the murderer on the loose is the more clear ad present danger.
I enjoyed the characters, the history and the Florida ambience. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really liked the last 2/3rds of this book but almost didn't get there. With a lot of character and a lot of history to try and get in too much of it was sort of "dumped" at the beginning which made it slow going. I'm glad I continued because this is an interesting mystery and the peeks into the historical is fascinating, especially the life of slaves in the Florida panhandle. I would highly recommend the book with the warning that it does take a while to get to the meat of the story.
I will be looking for the next in the series because I ended up caring about Faye, an archeologist who has had to do some things she hated in order to survive and Joe a Creek Indian, who is slow in book learning, but a genius in wilderness survival and living life simply. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A rivoting mystery about a strong female lead character with a problem: money. The story keeps you turning pages and leaves you satisfied while avoiding caricatures. Yes, Faye is a loner, but what detective worth his or her salt isn't? She's a scofflaw with morals, and her supporting cast is finely and sympathetically drawn.Evans weaves in a multi-generational plantation history of Faye's home, Joyeuse Isle (cleverly named from a Debussy composition), perched on the hurricane-prone Gulf Coast of Florida.Satisifying to feminists, history buffs, those with an interest in archeology and meteorology, and just plain old mystery lovers. The author's background as a scientist, musician, and mom help her create a believable and well developed world full of characters to care about. Fans of Sue Grafton, PD James, and Sara Paretsky will enjoy this book.I can hardly wait to read Relics, Faye's next adventure.