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2002

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B.J. Mountford. Sea-Born Women. Winston-Salem, N.C.: John F. Blair, 2002.

Wanting to start her life anew in a quiet, out-of-the-way place, Roberta (“Bert”) Lenehan takes a job in the coastal town of Portsmouth, N.C. But peace and quiet never come as she is disturbed by mysterious noises in the night. When Bert becomes romantically involved with a younger man, she learns from him about the legend of the “Sea-Born Woman,” whose ghost is supposed to aid sailors but, as many are beginning to fear, may be involved in recent unsolved murders.

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Sally MacLeod. Passing Strange. New York: Random House, 2002.

Claudia Isham, concerned about her appearance her whole life, is presented with a chance to start over when she and her husband move to the fictional town of Beasley, N.C. Claudia has plastic surgery and arrives in Beasley with a new face to match her new life. Life in the South proves to be a difficult adjustment for the Ishams. They encounter casual racism in their acquaintances, which is manifested when the town discovers that Claudia has been having an affair with her African American gardener. There is a dramatic twist when Claudia’s husband is found murdered and her lover is accused of the crime.

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Catherine Landis. Some Days There’s Pie. New York: St. Martins, 2002.

When Ruth Ritchie’s marriage falls apart, she flees Tennessee and ends up in the fictional eastern North Carolina town of Lawsonville. (There is a real Lawsonville in Stokes County near the Virginia border, but this is clearly not the one that Landis describes). Ruth, who has just turned twenty, is having a hard time getting by until she meets eighty-year-old Rose. Rose helps Ruth get a job at the local paper and the two become fast friends. Although Rose is facing lung cancer she is still feisty, and sees something of her younger self in Ruth. The two women throw themselves into the Lawsonville scene, engaging the oddball local characters and living life to the fullest.

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Robert Inman. Captain Saturday. Boston: Little, Brown, 2002.

Captain Saturday is the story of Will Baggett, a popular television weatherman in Raleigh, whose life begins to crumble when in a short span of time he loses his job, his wife leaves him, and he’s arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. Baggett escapes from his sophisticated life in the Triangle to visit family in rural Brunswick County where he begins his recovery by delving into his past. The book provides an excellent portrait of life in contemporary Raleigh, commenting on the city’s struggles with development and the often contentious relationship between new arrivals and the denizens of “old Raleigh.”

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Kurt Corriher. Someone to Kill. New York: St. Martin’s, 2002.

When John Pavlak’s wife is murdered, he isn’t satisfied to just sit back and let somebody else handle the investigation. Especially when he becomes a suspect himself. Pavlak is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam conflict, and the athletic director at a small college that sounds a lot like Davidson. He races to keep just ahead of the police, following the investigation to Berlin when it looks like his wife’s work as an investigative journalist may have led to the discovery of sensitive Cold War secrets. In the end, the trail leads him right back to North Carolina.

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Sallie Bissell. A Darker Justice. New York: Random House, 2002.

Mary Crow, an Atlanta prosecutor of Cherokee ancestry, is called into action when a violent killer who appears to be targeting federal judges turns his sights on one of her friends. Mary’s investigation takes her back to her hometown, the fictional mountain town Little Jump Off, N.C., where she discovers not just a single suspect but an entire group, a right-wing paramilitary organization planning violent attacks on the government. In search of clues, Mary probes the caverns and other hiding places in the rugged wilderness.

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