Liz juggles her case, the partner she’s in love with, and the family she adores. And the lingering spirit of a Civil-War-era debutante may know something if Colleen, Liz’s dead best friend, can get her to talk. Eccentric twin uncles and a gaggle of cousins covet the family fortune. The neighbors recollect violent arguments between Kent and her parents. That’s what the Charleston Police Department believes.īut behind the garden walls South of Broad, family secrets pop up like weeds in the azaleas. When her father hires private investigator Liz Talbot, Liz suspects the most difficult part of her job will be convincing the patriarch his daughter tired of his overbearing nature and left town. Where is Kent Heyward? The twenty-three-year-old heiress from one of Charleston’s oldest families vanished a month ago. I enjoyed every minute of it.” – Charlaine Harris, New York Times Bestselling Author of Day Shift “Has everything you could want in a traditional mystery: a credible and savvy protagonist, a meaty mystery, and setting that will make you want to spend time in South Carolina. She declared herself unemployable by any other means and has spent her days writing and daydreaming too much in her pajamas ever since.USA TODAY Bestselling Author - The AGATHA AWARD-WINNING Liz Talbot Mysteries Unfortunately, none of the above institutions could be convinced that her hodgepodge of credits–though impressive in number–merited awarding Susan a degree.īecause computer programming offered a steady paycheck, Susan practiced that art for a while, then segued into systems analysis, and later project management.īut her day job interfered with her writing habit, so in 2004, Susan had to give up rush hour, project plans, and staff meetings. She has a long list of majors, one of which was English.

State University, Catawba College, and College of Charleston. Susan took a sampler's approach to education. Susan was one of those children whose teachers were always telling her mamma that her talents needed to be “channeled.” She's been making things up and writing them down her whole life. She's had a life-long love affair with books, and is grateful to have been gifted with an over-active imagination. Boyer was blessed with a quintessential small-town childhood. Born and raised in Faith, North Carolina, Susan M.

Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer