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    Song Of The Bones
    Perhaps She'll Die
    Audiobook series2 titles

    Chantalene Series

    Written by M.K. Preston

    Narrated by Beth Richmond

    3.5/5

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    About this series

    Preston’s first novel, Perhaps She’ll Die, was also an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, as well as a finalist for the Redmond Barry, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. This engaging second novel is also set in the fictional town of Tetumka, Oklahoma, where protagonist and amateur sleuth Chantalene Morrell becomes embroiled in a decades-old mystery. Preston lives in Edmond, where she edits and publishes ByLine, a nationally distributed trade magazine for writers. Thelma Patterson had given up on ever seeing her husband again, who disappeared some thirty years before. That is, until a handsome cowboy claiming to be him strides into their small town of Tetumka, Oklahoma -- and soon moves back in with his deserted wife. When Thelma starts to question the identity of the man sharing her bed, she turns to Chantalene and Drew, who investigate and become fearful for Thelma’s life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateNov 23, 2015
    Song Of The Bones
    Perhaps She'll Die

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Perhaps She'll Die
      Perhaps She'll Die

      Perhaps She'll Die

      M.K. Preston
      3/5 - 6 ratings
      3/5 - 6 ratings

      Chantalene Morrell suffers from terrible nightmares from when she was a child…visions of a dark barn in a wind-swept moonlit field. Her mother is inside, screaming; her father is hanging from the rafters for a crime he didn't commit. She hides in the field, watching as four hooded figures emerge, she knows who they are. Returning to her hometown of Tetumka in rural Oklahoma, Chantalene vows to learn the identity of her father's killers. One man claims to have answers for her, but when she finds him slain on the floor of his butcher shop, Chantalene realizes the dangers she faces in discovering the truth. As Chantalene relentlessly searches for more clues, Tetumka's quiet citizens grow increasingly hostile: her foster parents advise her to let the past lie. With the help of Drew Sandler, a local boy back home from the big city, Chantalene uncovers the dark secrets of both her hometown and her own mind, bringing her closer to the faces behind the shadows that haunt her dreams.

      Chantalene Morrell suffers from terrible nightmares from when she was a child…visions of a dark barn in a wind-swept moonlit field. Her mother is inside, screaming; her father is hanging from the rafters for a crime he didn't commit. She hides in the field, watching as four hooded figures emerge, she knows who they are. Returning to her hometown of Tetumka in rural Oklahoma, Chantalene vows to learn the identity of her father's killers. One man claims to have answers for her, but when she finds him slain on the floor of his butcher shop, Chantalene realizes the dangers she faces in discovering the truth. As Chantalene relentlessly searches for more clues, Tetumka's quiet citizens grow increasingly hostile: her foster parents advise her to let the past lie. With the help of Drew Sandler, a local boy back home from the big city, Chantalene uncovers the dark secrets of both her hometown and her own mind, bringing her closer to the faces behind the shadows that haunt her dreams.

    • 2

      Song Of The Bones
      Song Of The Bones

      Song Of The Bones

      M.K. Preston
      4/5 - 13 ratings
      4/5 - 13 ratings

      Preston’s first novel, Perhaps She’ll Die, was also an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, as well as a finalist for the Redmond Barry, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. This engaging second novel is also set in the fictional town of Tetumka, Oklahoma, where protagonist and amateur sleuth Chantalene Morrell becomes embroiled in a decades-old mystery. Preston lives in Edmond, where she edits and publishes ByLine, a nationally distributed trade magazine for writers. Thelma Patterson had given up on ever seeing her husband again, who disappeared some thirty years before. That is, until a handsome cowboy claiming to be him strides into their small town of Tetumka, Oklahoma -- and soon moves back in with his deserted wife. When Thelma starts to question the identity of the man sharing her bed, she turns to Chantalene and Drew, who investigate and become fearful for Thelma’s life.

      Preston’s first novel, Perhaps She’ll Die, was also an Oklahoma Book Award finalist, as well as a finalist for the Redmond Barry, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Awards. This engaging second novel is also set in the fictional town of Tetumka, Oklahoma, where protagonist and amateur sleuth Chantalene Morrell becomes embroiled in a decades-old mystery. Preston lives in Edmond, where she edits and publishes ByLine, a nationally distributed trade magazine for writers. Thelma Patterson had given up on ever seeing her husband again, who disappeared some thirty years before. That is, until a handsome cowboy claiming to be him strides into their small town of Tetumka, Oklahoma -- and soon moves back in with his deserted wife. When Thelma starts to question the identity of the man sharing her bed, she turns to Chantalene and Drew, who investigate and become fearful for Thelma’s life.

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