Reviewlets
"Ann
Parker's Silver
Lies
has it all:
greed, lust,
deception,
a 1879 Rocky
Mountain boomtown
setting, and
a precious-metals
assayer found
murdered.
It's a healthy
mix of powerful
characters
and a realistic
setting and
circumstances,
which just
doesn't quit."
Midwest
Book Review,
November 2003
"
. . . Ann
Parker’s
Silver
Lies
takes place
in 1879 Colorado,
during the
Silver Rush,
with guest
appearances
by Bat Masterson
and silver
baron Horace
Tabor and
other notorious
personages.
It’s
an excellent
first novel."
from
Ruth's
Ravings
for November
2003 (Coffee,
Tea and Mystery)
"The
silver mining
town of Leadville
is a boomtown
in 1879 Colorado.
But the brutal
death of a
metals assayer
threatens
to expose
the corrosive
underside
of the silver
rush in Silver
Lies
(Poisoned
Pen, $24.95)
by Ann Parker.
Saloonkeeper
Inez Stannert's
attempts to
aid the man's
family uncover
a trail of
crooked assays,
counterfeit
money, and
blackmail.
Parker’s
debut novel
captures the
feel of the
Wild West
boomtowns
where everyone
has secrets
from past
lives and
dreams of
a rich future.
This gritty
historical
novel has
well-drawn
characters
and a fast-paced
storyline."
[KO] The
MLB News
