Born and raised in New England, Dana now lives in Beverly, Massachusetts
with her husband and their benevolent feline overlord. In her first
book, Site Unseen, her protagonist Emma Fielding discovered that
archaeologists are trained to ask the same questions that detectives
ask: who, what, where, when, how, and why. Since then, Emma's
adventures have taken her from Maine to England (Grave Consequences),
coastal Massachusetts (Past Malice), the Berkshires (A Fugitive Truth),
and New Hampshire (More Bitter Than Death). Emma's adventures have also
taken Dana to the world of martial arts (she studies Krav Maga), the
shooting range (all in the name of research), and Boston's Fenway Park
(go Sox!). Dana is currently working on a sixth book in the series as
well as trying to figure out how to give Emma an excuse to visit French
Polynesia (research is so important).
In an historic, if isolated, New England hotel, some of the most respected names in
archaeology are coming together to celebrate the work of Julius Garrison,
a legend in the field. It's a conference Emma Fielding is determined to attend --
braving a furious winter storm to get there -- even though Garrison is no
friend to her or her family. An when the honoree's lifeless body is discovered
outside the snowbound inn, Emma suddenly finds she is a murder suspect, along with a surprising number of the other guests. The bitterness widely spread by a cantankerous old man has had fatal consequences, forcing Emma fielding to put her archaeological skills to forensic use to uncover the truth. But a strange series of thefts and attacks -- and eerie rumors about a ghostly prowler -- suggest that truth may be more deadly than Emma imagines.
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