Blurb:
In
both the best and worst first day at work ever, docent Claire Wilding meets the
man of her dreams, but her carefully rehearsed guided tour of the George
Washington National Masonic Memorial falls apart when she discovers a dead
body. Together with Detective Ernest Angle, she's drawn into a dark world of
black ops and Italian renegade masons, of secret cabals and hidden treasure.
Also cloaked in mystery is her new love Gideon Bliss. A George Washington
expert, he haunts the Memorial, his manner evasive. What is his secret? Claire
fears she'll fall in love with him only to learn he's a thief or even a
murderer.
Juggling
eccentric mothers and an increasingly smitten Ernest, our heroine must find
answers in a complex web of intrigue, including which black ops agent to trust,
whether our first president strayed, and if she and Gideon will ever be
together.
Review:
I
was a bit worried that Mason’s Mark: Love
and Death in the Tower would be too similar to Ms. Spencer’s other Old Town
Alexandria murder mystery, but she has managed to give us fresh characters and
a whole new perspective on this quaint, history-laden neighborhood across the
Potomac from Washington, DC, and makes me wish again that I had spent more time
there when I lived in The District in the mid-nineties.
What
a way to start a new job, finding a dead body while giving one’s first tour of
a local landmark. And what a cast of
characters—a cop with a crush on Claire, a hunky Senator with something to
hide, renegade Italian Masons with possible mob ties, and a possible scandal
around President George Washington? Needless
to say, this book was difficult to put down.
And even better, Ms. Spencer is a “clean” writer—no head-hops or comma
splices here. Not to mention the fact
that she keeps me guessing right up to the very end, a difficult feat,
indeed. For a wonderful romp through our
nation’s history and a wonderful area just across the river from DC, I highly
recommend Mason’s Mark: Love and Death in
the Tower.
Length:
255 Pages
Prices:
Print:
$$13.99
Digital:
$5.99
Buy Link:
http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=17&products_id=800
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