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Ashes to Ashes
Series · 3 books · 1990-2000

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#1

Ashes to Ashes

1990

Rebecca comes to a replica of a Scottish castle in Ohio to catalog a collection of historical artifacts. But she's not wanted there, either by her Scottish co-worker or by the ghosts of the past."Fans will be overjoyed!" Rave Reviews"Not your common romance, but then, who said a romance should be common?"Heartland Critiques
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#2

Dust to Dust

1991

The photo on the cover of Dust to Dust is Melrose Abbey, not only very similar to the story's Rudesburn Priory, but just up the road from it. The sequel to Ashes to Ashes. After months of long-distance phone calls, Rebecca Reid is thrilled to be working with Michael Campbell again, this time on a dig at Rudesburn Priory in the Scottish Borders. It’s rumored that Robert the Bruce's heart was buried there, and that the abbey's last prioress, Anne Douglas, still haunts its ruins. Michael and Rebecca have to work with a self-important archaeologist, Jeremy Kleinfelter, whose reputation is on the line after he was accused of salting his previous dig. They also have to deal with the townspeople, who want the dig to be successful—and who don't know about Jeremy's shady past—and four volunteers working on the dig, loose cannons, every one, each with a secret in his or her past. Then Sheila Fitzgerald, Michael's ex-girlfriend, appears, intent on filming a documentary about the dig. Uncovering a medieval murder mystery makes the tense situation at the dig even tenser. It's the very fresh body in a very old grave that blows it wide open—and tests their relationship for once and for all. For despite ghosts, music, and mayhem, the dig must go on.
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#3

Garden of Thorns

2000

Mark is working at an archaeological excavation and Hilary at an art museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Their relationship is rocky enough without someone resorting to murder to keep his skeletons in the closet. "…an onionskin plot, a fine set of characters, a dash of humor and interesting realism. Each revelation sends the story in a new direction." —Timothy Lane

Author

Lillian Stewart Carl
Lillian Stewart Carl
Author · 19 books

Author bio: Lillian Stewart Carl's work often features paranormal/fantasy themes and always features plots based on mythology, history, and archaeology. Most of her novels take place squarely in the twenty-first century, where the past lingers on into the present, especially in the British Isles, Lillian's home away from home. She is the author of nineteen novels so far, including the Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron mystery series—-America's exile and Scotland's finest on the trail of all-too-living legends. Her newest novel is Fairbairn/Cameron number six, THE MORTSAFE. Of her mystery, fantasy, and sf short stories, twelve are available in a collection titled ALONG THE RIM OF TIME, and thirteen, including three from "Best Of the Year" anthologies, are collected in THE MUSE AND OTHER STORIES OF HISTORY, MYSTERY, and MYTH. All of Carl's work is available in electronic as well as paper form. She has also co-edited (with John Helfers) a retrospective of Lois McMaster's Bujold's science fiction work, titled THE VORKOSIGAN COMPANION, which was nominated for a Hugo award.

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