Perdition house

From Charleston To Hilton Head, Family Matters...And Murder Is Relative. <BR>When a fifth cousin twice removed calls Bay Tanner - a young, recently widowed, financial consultant - from the Beaufort County Jail, it\'s no accident. Mercer Mary Prescott spent a lot of time and trouble locating Bay on the family tree, and she needs more than bail out of the relationship. What she\'s really after is a secret she\'s not willing to reveal-yet. But when Bay generously takes Mercer back to the family mansion of Presqu\'isle, she finds that this distant kin comes with a lot of personal baggage-and some very dangerous pursuers. Before Bay can help straighten out Mercer\'s problems, the mousy young woman disappears. Now, Bay begins a desperate hunt for her \"shirttail\" cousin through the twisted alleys of the past, from Civil War days to a plantation called Perdition House and to one last deadly fight. <BR>\"The suspense ratchets up periodically, the characters are well drawn and unique, and the writing evokes the new South without resorting to stereotype. Best of all, Bay makes a believable and appealing protagonist.\" -\"The Cleveland Plain Dealer <BR>\"The finely spun plot makes Bay\'s latest a taut, tasty chiller.\" -\"Kirkus Reviews <BR>www.minotaurbooks.com <BR>.