Blood Moon Rising: Uncertain Revenge

Blood Moon Rising: Uncertain Revenge

Blood Moon Rising, Uncertain Revenge, (Peggyâ€™s 7th novel, a mountain mystery) 90,038 words, 303 pages (paperback)

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It didnâ€™t matter I was only fifteen years old. What mattered was that Buck Walsh needed killing and I was the only one with guts enough to do it.
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That evening after I replaced the shotgun, eased up on my fit of shaking enough to hurriedly cook supper, Dad said to me, â€œIvy, what in this worldâ€™s wrong with you? You scorched these biscuits.â€
â€œSorry,â€ I told him. â€œI got the stove a little too hot.â€ My voice sounded almost normal. Let Dad think I was upset by his criticism of the biscuits.
â€œDonâ€™t let it happen again, girl. I like my biscuits.â€
â€œTheyâ€™re not scorched bad. Just really brown on the bottom. Put some more squirrel gravy on them. You wonâ€™t know the difference.â€
â€œWhere did you get squirrel from?â€ Dad asked with a slight frown on his weathered face as he scraped at the black crust with his thumbnail.
â€œFrom Pride Willis. He passed by while I was milking yesterday evening. Had four or five of em and gave me two for your supper.â€ I had kept the squirrels in salt water overnight in the springhouse to draw out the wild flavor, and then started them cooking this morning when I built a fire for breakfast. Squirrel took a while to cook tender, but the flavor of its gravy was worth the time.
Dad lifted his head from looking at his biscuits to see my face, but I pretended to be busy with our supper. I didnâ€™t want him to see Iâ€™d been crying. I feared my horror might show on my face. The reflection of an evil committed.
â€œYou ought not to be taking things from Pride Willis,â€ he told me.
â€œWhy not?â€ I asked.
â€œHeâ€™s got an eye on you.â€
Country USA
Manufacturer Moody Valley
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2006-11-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Moody Valley
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2006-11-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Blood Moon Rising: Uncertain Revenge

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