title: August Is a Good Time for Killing: And Other Blood-Curdling Stories of Murder in the East (Great American Murder Mysteries)
author:  Billie Sue Mosiman 
description: The cosmopolitan East Coast  the seat of Americas culture and creativity  also boasts a colorful legacy of crime, especially when crafted by the hands of the countrys experts in mystery fiction. In this volume are stories by some of the most talented authors in the field. These exceptional tales of crime are all set along the eastern coast, where murder might be subtle or perplexing - but is always entertaining and always true to the quirks of the region. Contributors include: Charles Ardai, Lawrence Block, Richard T. Chizmar, Max Allan Collins, Barbara DAmato, Joyce Harrington, Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, Rex Miller, Howard Pyle, Bruce Holland Rogers, and Carolyn Wheat.
zlib_text: 11th Hour Rose
  
  Melissa Lynne Blue
  
  
  
  
  
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
  similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not
  intended by the author.
  
  11th Hour Rose
  
  Copyright © 2012 by Melissa Lynne Blue
  
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  11th Hour Rose
  
  Dedication
  
  For my wonderful and supportive friends and critique partners, Stacey, Marie,
  and Ashley. Without you three specifically this book wouldn’t be here today.
  
  Also Thanks to my husband and my mom…
  
  
  
  
  
  11th Hour Rose
  
  One
  
  Charleston, South Carolina
  
  September, 1868
  
  Another murder?
  
  Lillian Hudson threaded through the crowd of roiling Charleston citizens,
  clamoring like the