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  • Published: 6 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9780553390292
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 204

The Legacy

A Darla Cavannah Mystery

  • Gary Gusick


Carl Hiaasen meets Lisa Gardner in Gary Gusick’s edgy, irresistible Darla Cavannah series! In The Legacy, a college coed’s murder exposes deadly tensions tearing through the Deep South.
 
When the governor of Mississippi requests her help, Yankee transplant Darla Cavannah can hardly say no—even if the timing couldn’t be worse. She and her dreamy husband, Dr. Stephen Nicoletti, have just been approved to adopt a baby girl in China, and getting wrapped up in a high-profile homicide will almost certainly complicate, if not derail, all their plans. But as Governor Wilson Burnett relays the details of the case, Darla feels deep sympathy—and blinding outrage at a promising life cut short.
 
On the campus of prestigious Ole Miss, a young African American student has been found killed just hours after her initiation into a previously segregated sorority. The murder would be shocking under any circumstances, but this student is Caitlin Burnett—the white governor’s adopted daughter.
 
With public outrage building and media coverage intensifying, Darla’s partner, Rita Gibbons, proves invaluable. Her deep roots in the community—or “trailer trash cred”—helps considerably as the crime-solving pair sift fact from fiction. If this murder was racially motivated, why does the most damning evidence appear to have been staged? As the trail leads from Caitlin’s fellow Delta Betas to radical white supremacists and her father’s political enemies, the detectives close in on the disturbing truth—and a devious manipulator pulling all the strings.

  • Published: 6 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9780553390292
  • Imprint: RH US eBook Adult
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 204

Praise for The Legacy

"The Last Clinic by Gary Gusick uses southern culture and current, hot button political issues as the backdrop for this well paced murder mystery. In Detective Darla Cavannah, Gusick has created an interesting character that we can expect to see in a few more adventures." -Womens Fiction Club on The Last Clinic
"An absolute hoot from beginning to end . . . Be prepared to be all shook up by the ending." --Reading Reality on Officer Elvis
"The region and societal habits are so present, the setting is like an additional character to the story. I stayed up an hour past my self-imposed bedtime to read more."--Lilac Reviews on Officer Elvis

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