The Mama Tree

by Trisha O'Keefe

Overview

The Mama Tree lives in the Thicket, a place so wild it hides all kinds of creatures who don't want to be seen. Prayer bundles and gris-gris bags dangle from its matronly branches like ornaments on a mother goddess. It has hidden Kenya and her disfigured face until, healed by the loving care of her grandmother, she emerges again, morphed into Chantal West, the sexy R&B Princess of Memphis. Her triumph is shattered when the body of her childhood friend Holly Simpson is found in a dumpster. Could the fresh tattoo on the body possibly be a caricature of her killer? Kenya has hit many bumps on the road of life, and even some ditches, but there are no air bags for this one. Detective Grover Moss knows in one millisecond that this crazy, beautiful woman is the love he is looking for and, in the next millisecond, that she will be the cartoon killer's next victim unless Moss finds him first.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163122547
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	06/11/2016
Series:	Julia Springs, Georgis, Mysteries , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	375 KB

About the Author

Even as a child, Trisha O’Keefe was impressed by the inherent power of alternative medicines. Indigenous healing practices are an ongoing theme in her novels. As a native Southerner, O’Keefe claims to have “a lot of red dirt” flowing in her veins. Growing up, she spent summers on her uncle’s farm in South Georgia, “mainly getting into trouble.” That trend has continued throughout her life. After traveling abroad for fourteen years, running into revolutions or governmental coups nearly everywhere she went—even Britain was in the midst of a labor strike when she moved there—she returned to the States. She is the daughter of Jimmy Jones, a well-known journalist for the Atlanta Constitution under Editor Ralph Magill. One of her earliest memories was the sound of a typewriter rattling away in the middle of the night. You would think that would have cured her from ever putting two words together, let alone a book. Still, at age 6, she co-wrote Spot, The Dog with her sister, followed a long time later by Hanahatchee, Poseidon’s Eye, Lovesong of the Chinaberry Man, and The Mama Tree. “I guess some things you can’t cure,” O’Keefe says. “You just have to go where they take you.”

Editorial Reviews

O'Keefe's character development is superb, her plot strong, and the tension builds with every page. This is a good book for when you can't sleep, as you won't want to put it down until you get to the end.

http://www.blackopalbooks.com - Taylor Jones

A hilarious, harrowing, suspenseful escapade that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you chew your fingernails. A wonderfully entertaining read.

http://www.blackopalbooks.com - Regan Murphy