High country fall

By Margaret Maron

Subjects: Women judges, Mystery, Knott, deborah (fictitious character), fiction, Women judges, fiction, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Legal stories, Women detectives, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Mountain life, Deborah Knott (Fictitious character), Summer resorts, North carolina, fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Description: With friends and family over-reacting to her announcement that she plans to marry Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, Judge Deborah Knott gratefully seizes the opportunity to put a five-hour drive between herself and Colleton County when the Chief District Court Judge offers her a week on the bench in Cedar Gap. It is early autumn, leaves are turning, and summer residents are preparing to close up their mountain "cabins" (palatial houses perched atop the most desirable locations) and return to their winter homes in Florida. But Deborah's peaceful break is disrupted when one Floridian is found murdered. He won't be going home, and Deborah won't be either - until she tracks down the killer.