Washoe County Library System

"Marilyn Newton's images of solitary graves standing watch over desert valleys swept by clouds evoke the simple drama of life and death in early Nevada. Her work reminds us that Nevada is not a roped-off museum exhibit. Even in its historic past, Nevada is alive."--

Sweeney's chance encounter with a young boy sparks her interest in the boy's Revolutionary War-era ancestor, a stonecutter and gravestone maker. Coincidentally, Sweeney and the boy also stumble on the body of a murdered man in Revolutionary War clothing near the site of a recent historical reenactment. And, to make things more interesting, it turns out the dead man was writing a book on the boy's stonecutter ancestor. Sweeney and homicide detective...