Quincy
Public Library
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reviews are
by members
of the staff
This
week at the
Quincy Public
Library the
favorite book
is Silver
Lies by Ann
Parker. Set
in 1879 in
Leadville,
Colorado,
Parker paints
a vivid picture
of life in
a silver boom
town. Miners,
bankers, immigrants,
and regular
folks are
all trying
to get rich
quick, one
way or another,
off the silver
found in the
Rocky Mountains.
Inez Stannert
is one of
the townspeople
simply trying
to make a
living and
run a clean
saloon. Respected
by the miners
and tolerated
by the upright
citizens,
Inez does
what she can
for the town.
When a friend
of hers is
brutally murdered
outside her
saloon, Inez
becomes determined
to find Joe’s
killer and
do right by
his family.
Counterfeiting,
forgery, robbery,
and blackmail
schemes all
come light
during Inez’s
search for
the truth.
Parker, whose
ancestors
lived in Leadville
at the turn
of the century,
has written
an excellent
first novel
sure to be
a hit.
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