Counting Backwards Women Sleuths Frances Flood is a folklorist

Frances Flood is a folklorist come to Cumberland Island seeking the source of a legend--and also information about her mother

and a growing attraction neither can deny

You don't have to be a 14-time Grammy winner to enjoy the delights in this book

there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt

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