A String of Beads

A String of BeadsAfter two decades protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, n e Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York or so she thinks. One morning as she comes back from a long run, Jane is met by an unusual sight: all eight clan mothers, the female leaders of the Seneca clans, parked in her driveway in two black cars. A

After two decades protecting innocent victims on the run, and a year after getting shot on a job that took a dangerous turn for the worse, Jane McKinnon, n e Whitefield, has settled into the quiet life of a suburban housewife in Amherst, New York--or so she thinks.

One morning as she comes back from a long run, Jane is met by an unusual sight: all eight clan mothers, the female leaders of the Seneca clans, parked in her driveway in two black cars. A childhood friend of Jane's from the reservation, Jimmy, is wanted by the police for the murder of a local white man. But instead of turning himself in, he's fled, and no one knows where he is hiding out. At the clan mothers' request, Jane retraces a walking trip she and Jimmy took together when they were fourteen in hopes that he has gone the same way again. But it soon becomes clear that the police aren't the only ones after him. As the chase intensifies, the number of people caught up in this twisted plot multiplies, and Jane is the only one who can protect those endangered by it. A String of Beads is an addictive, fast-paced thriller about how abandoning the past can sometimes be the hardest thing to do, even when your life--and the life of those you love--depends on it.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 01/06/2015
ISBN: 9780802123299
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.60d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2014 pg. 57
Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 29
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2014
Romantic Times 01/01/2015 pg. 55 - Excellent
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014
Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 96
New York Times Book Review 01/04/2015 pg. 25