It’s 1921 and Americans are still reeling from the effects of World War I. In a small town on the California/Nevada border, three sisters who own the only mortuary in town cope with a rapidly changing America. Eve, whose values are still buried in the past, takes care of the administrative and accounting side. Her younger sister, Helena, uses her scientific and medical knowledge for the more hands-on side of the business. Their younger sister Violet, at eighteen, prefers the parties and fun offered by a flapper’s life over funeral arrangements and burials.
Then the new district attorney of Gyver County calls them down to a remote part of the river to attend the body of a suicide found among the overgrowth. Only it isn’t a suicide — it’s murder!
As far as the sisters are concerned, murder is police business. Their business is to see the dead are at peace, body and soul. But District Attorney Oliver Clarke needs their knowledge of the town and its people to help him and they can’t say no.
What follows is a twisted tale with not many clues to untangle it: an engagement ring, a piece of rope, and an unknown dead girl.
Will Eve and her sisters cross the line from death to life to help solve the case?
From the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries comes a new series set during the tumultuous early years of the Jazz Age. Come follow the adventures of three sisters who battle life and death in a nation moving into the modern age faster than it can handle.
Writing has been Tam’s voice since the age of fourteen. She writes stories set in the past that feature sassy and sensitive women characters. Her fiction gives readers the experience of women struggling to carve out an identity for themselves during eras when their options were limited. Her stories are set mostly around the Bay Area because she adores sourdough bread, Ghirardelli chocolate, and San Francisco history.
Tam is the author of the Adele Gossling Mysteries which takes place in the early 20th century and features suffragist and epistolary expert Adele Gossling whose talent for solving crimes doesn’t sit well with her town’s conventional ideas about women and their place.
Tam is also working on a new series, the Grave Sisters Mysteries about three sisters who own a funeral home and help the county D.A. solve crimes in a 1920s small California town. The first book of the series is set to launch in 2025.
In addition, Tam writes historical fiction about women breaking loose from the social and psychological expectations of their era. She has a 4-book series set in the 1890s titled the Waxwood Series and a post-World War II short story collection available.
Although Tam left her heart in San Francisco, she lives in the Midwest because it’s cheaper. When she’s not writing, she’s devouring everything classic (books, films, art, music), concocting yummy plant-based dishes, and exploring her new riverside town.
For more information about Tam May and her books, check out her website at www.tammayauthor.com.