title: A Dark and Deadly Deception (Marti Macalister Mysteries)
author:  Eleanor Taylor Bland 
description: Unspoken fears, guilty secrets and divisions between rich and poor serve as the unsettling backdrop for Bland's well-crafted 13th Marti MacAlister mystery (after 2004's <i>A Cold and Silent Dying</i>), set in Lincoln Prairie, Ill. When the body of Savannah Payne-Jones, a 43-year-old black actress and known gambler, washes up on the shore of the Des Plaines River, Marti and her detective partner, Matthew "Vik" Jessenovik, investigate. Marti and Vik are also under pressure to identify the skeleton of a 28-year-old mixed-race male, apparently shot in the chest and sealed in the closet of an old building for more than 50 years. To make matters worse, Marti and Vik must each cope with the illnesses of their respective spouses. Meanwhile, several elderly residents of Lincoln Prairie guard family secrets that could provide important clues to solving the two murders. Bland's deft use of flashbacks not only builds suspense but adds complexity to her characters. <i>(Dec.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > > TROUBLED WATERS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > JANE BURRELLI
  
  > ![](images/00003.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2021 by Jane Burrelli
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. With the
  exception of well-known historical figures and places, any resemblance to
  actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is
  entirely coincidental.
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, now known or hereafter invented, including information
  storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the applicable
  author, except for the use of brief quotations in a critical article or book
  review.
  
  The license granted herein is to read this ebook for entertainment or literary
  criticism purposes only. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, any
  use of this work for machine learning or artifici