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Rising River, Mountain Mystery (08) by D. R. Shoultz EPUB
EMILY EDWARDS BOOK #3
After proving her moxie as an amateur sleuth, Emily Edwards, the young, gun-toting mountain woman from Sunset Peak, earns a private investigator’s license. It doesn’t take long to land her first case.
Emily is called to investigate the drowning of Bryan Powers, whose body is discovered in the Northrock River in northwestern North Carolina. The experienced outdoorsman was canoeing with Dannie, his 10-year-old daughter, when something went terribly wrong. Two months have passed, and Dannie’s body has yet to be found.
Powers had been leading an environmental activist group in a legal battle to stop the Northrock Dam and the formation of a 20,000-acre lake. His opposition to the dam fueled heated conflict with executives at HydroEnergy, a powerful utility company, and with lakefront real estate developers who demanded the dam be completed.
The fast-flowing tributary is scheduled to rise in the coming days with the sealing of the river. The formation of a vast lake will soon erase any possible evidence of foul play and the chance of ever finding Dannie. Amy Powers, is frantically fighting for a delay in the dam’s closing, clinging to the hope her daughter is alive. It is Amy who calls on Emily to help find Dannie.
A last-minute appeal to stop HydroEnergy is denied, allowing the utility company to proceed. Emily races against time to find the missing 10-year-old and to learn what or who is responsible for Bryan Powers’ death.
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