Catacombs (Faye Longchamp Series #12)

by Mary Anna Evans, Cassandra Campbell (Read by)

Overview

What secrets lie deep beneath the surface?

A deafening explosion rocks a historic Oklahoma City hotel, sending archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth crashing to the marble floor of the lobby. She’s unhurt but shaken―after all, any time something blows up in Oklahoma City, the first word on everyone’s lips is the same: bomb.

Faye is in town for a conference celebrating indigenous arts but is soon distracted by the aftermath of the explosion, which cracks open the old hotel’s floor to reveal subterranean chambers that had housed Chinese immigrants a century before. Faye is fascinated by the tunnels, which are a time capsule back to the early twentieth century―but when the bodies of three children are discovered deep beneath the city, her sense of discovery turns to one of dread.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781094132297
Publisher:	Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:	04/21/2020
Series:	Faye Longchamp Series , #12
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Mary Anna Evans is the author of the Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries, which have received recognition including the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Mississippi Author Award, and three Florida Book Awards bronze medals. She is an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, where she teaches fiction and nonfiction writing.

Cassandra Campbell is an actress, director, and teacher who has performed in New York at the Public Theater, the Mint Theater, and the Clurman Theatre. She is an accomplished voice-over artist whose credits include numerous audiobooks, documentaries, and commercials in both Italian and English.

Editorial Reviews

07/22/2019

Evans’s fast-paced, well-plotted 12th Faye Longchamp mystery (after 2018’s Undercurrents) takes archeologist Faye to Oklahoma City, Okla., for a conference on Native American art. In the lobby of the historic Gershwin Hotel, Faye meets legendary actor Cully Mantooth, her husband’s distant relative, who gives her an Indian flute as a present. As she’s admiring the flute, a bomb goes off. While paramedics make sure she’s okay, Faye is approached by FBI agent Tom Bigbee, with whom she has collaborated in the past. Tom wants her help exploring a complex of catacombs spread out beneath the hotel that was exposed by the explosion. Faye and the FBI team descend into these tunnels, where they discover evidence of a very cold case involving the deaths of three children. Evans blends nail-biting action with a remarkable view of the secret world that lies beneath Oklahoma City, based on an underground community that actually existed a century ago, as an author’s note explains. Those who like richly textured, character-driven mysteries will be rewarded. Agent: Anne Hawkins, John Hawkins & Assoc. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

"Overall, a solid entry—based in part on an actual Oklahoma bombing—in a popular series." — Booklist

"Fast-paced, well-plotted...those who like richly textured, character-driven mysteries will be rewarded." — Publishers Weekly

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