Charles Atkins

Vultures at Twilight (Campbell and Strauss Mystery) Charles Atkins

The first in a new mystery series, featuring two female sleuths...of a certain age!

Something wicked has come to Grenville Connecticut, a town famous for antiques and the systematic fleecing of its well-heeled elders as they down-size, sicken and die.  Clearly, someone is unhappy with the status quo as high-end antique dealers are being murdered in gruesome--yet fitting--ways.  
    When a severed finger shows up at the Friday night auction, unlikely heroines Lil Campbell and Ada Strauss have to wonder--where's the rest of the body? A question that leads to festering small-town secrets, and the unraveling of a mystery that shows all is not well in a town famed for its postcard perfect New England charm.
    For Lil and Ada, long-time friends  and neighbors, the murders take a personal turn as unspeakable accusations are raised against Lil's dead husband and she becomes the focus of the killer's rage.  And to make things worse--or better--the two friends are forced to confront powerful feelings for one another that threaten their idyllic lives.