SMFS MEMBER John
Lindermuth’s latest published book is titled, The Bartered Body. Published
by Mill House Press, this is the third entry in his Sheriff Tilghman Series. Available in print and eBook at Amazon
and elsewhere.
Amazon Synopsis:
Why would
thieves steal the body of a dead woman?
That’s the most challenging
question yet to be faced by Sylvester Tilghman, the third of his family to
serve as sheriff of Arahpot, Jordan County, Pennsylvania, in the waning days of
the 19th century.
And it’s not just any body
but that of Mrs. Arbuckle, Nathan Zimmerman’s late mother-in-law. Zimmerman is
burgess of Arahpot and Tilghman’s boss, which puts more than a little pressure
on the sheriff to solve the crime in a hurry.
Syl’s investigation is
complicated by the arrival in town of a former flame who threatens his
relationship with his sweetheart Lydia Longlow, clashes with his old enemy
former burgess McLean Ruppenthal, a string of armed robberies and a record
snowstorm that shuts down train traffic, cuts off telegraph service and freezes
cattle in the field.
It will take all of Syl’s
skills and the help of his deputy and friends to untangle the various threads
and bring the criminals to justice.
