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Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Former soldier-turned-traveling weaver Will Rees tracks down his mistreated son to a Shaker settlement in late-eighteenth-century Maine, where his efforts to reconcile are challenged by the murder of a young woman and dark community secrets.
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Will Rees is adjusting to life on his Maine farm in 1797, but he's already hungering for the freedom of the road, and his chance to travel comes sooner than he expects. Lydia has just received a letter from her old friend Mouse, a soft-spoken and gentle woman who now lives in the Shaker community in Mount Unity, New York. To Lydia and Rees's astonishment, she's in trouble with the law. She's kidnapped five children, claiming that their mother, Maggie...
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Will Rees is back home on his farm in 1796 Maine with his teenage son, his pregnant wife, their five adopted children, and endless farm work under the blistering summer sun. But for all that, Rees is happy to have returned to Dugard, Maine, the town where he was born and raised, and where he's always felt at home. Until now. When a man is found dead - murdered - after getting into a public dispute with Rees, Rees starts to realize someone is intentionally...
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1796, and traveling weaver Will Rees is visiting Salem, Massachusetts. He's in town to buy a luxurious gift for his pregnant wife, a few yards of well-made fabric from the traders at the famed Salem harbor. While traveling through Salem, however, Rees comes upon a funeral procession for the deceased Mrs. Antiss Boothe. When Rees happens upon Twig, a friend who fought alongside him in the war, he learns that Mrs. Boothe had been very ill, and...
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A peaceful Shaker community is rocked by a series of bizarre accidents, but is there more to them than first appears? Fresh from facing allegations of witchcraft and murder, travelling weaver Will Rees, his heavily pregnant wife Lydia and six adopted children take refuge in Zion, a Shaker community in rural Maine. Shortly after their arrival, screams in the night reveal a drowned body ... but is it murder or an unfortunate accident? The Shaker Elders...
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Returning to his family farm in 1796 and considering a relationship with his housekeeper, widower Will Rees is shattered by the news of an old friend's murder and is unable to refuse a request to investigate.
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A slaveholder from Virginia is found dead in Maine shortly after Will Rees helps escort a slave and her child to safety. Was he searching for the slave? The slaveholder’s sister arrives demanding justice, but Rees is torn. Should he help find the killer of the notoriously cruel man or let them go free?"--
Author
Series
Will Rees mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The circus has arrived in Durham, Maine. Before weaver Will Rees is able to take in its spectacle, he spots Magistrate Hanson - the man he blames for his family's having to flee Dugard two years earlier. On his journey home he encounters Shaker brothers searching for a girl from their Zion community. Despite women not being allowed inside the circus, Leah had snuck out to visit it. They quickly come across her lifeless body beaten and thrown into...
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