{"title":"Sarah Stewart Taylor","description":"SARAH STEWART TAYLOR is the author of the Sweeney St. George series, set in New England, the Maggie D'arcy mysteries, set in Ireland and on Long Island, and Agony Hill, the first in a new series set in rural Vermont in the 1960s. Sarah has been nominated for an Agatha Award and for the Dashiell Hammett Prize and her mysteries have appeared on numerous Best of the Year lists. A former journalist and teacher, she writes and lives with her family on a farm in Vermont where they raise sheep and grow blueberries.","products":[{"product_id":"hunters-heart-ridge-a-mystery-hardcover","title":"Hunter's Heart Ridge: A Mystery - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this sequel to Taylor's lyrical series debut, \u003ci\u003eAgony Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, Detective Frank Warren and his formerly CIA-connected neighbor Alice Bellows return to investigate the death of a diplomat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's November of 1965 and the second weekend of Vermont's regular deer season when Vermont State Police detective Franklin Warren is called out to what looks like an accidental shooting at The Ridge Club, an exclusive men's hunting and fishing club for congressmen, diplomats, judges, and titans of industry: a former ambassador has been shot while out hunting. With the war in Vietnam picking up speed on the other side of the world, Warren quickly realizes that many of the club's members are powerful men who may have ulterior motives and connections in high places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Warren's suspicions about the club members build, his neighbor Alice Bellows is throwing a dinner party, preparing for Thanksgiving, and worrying about her pregnant friend and fellow widow, Sylvie Weber, whose due date is coming up. When Alice's old handler and friend, Arthur Crannock, unexpectedly shows up in Bethany, Alice begins to wonder whether his presence has anything to do with the death at the hunting club. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an early season snowstorm bears down on Bethany, knocking out power and phone lines and blocking the roads, Warren and his assistant, Trooper Pinky Goodrich, are trapped at the Ridge Club, likely along with a killer, and Alice, increasingly fearful that her past in the intelligence world is no longer in the past, will have to act fast to save Sylvie and her baby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah Stewart Taylor's historical series combines the intricacy of a satisfying mystery with keen observation of a time and place during great transformation and upheaval.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102797992159,"sku":"9781250370730","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/87BPR9916U9781250370730.webp?v=1781087376"},{"product_id":"agony-hill-a-mystery-paperback","title":"Agony Hill: A Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historical mystery series with a compassionate, vulnerable detective and a setting so vividly described it could be a character.\" -\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the hot summer of 1965, Bostonian Franklin Warren arrives in Bethany, Vermont, to take a position as a detective with the state police. Warren's new home is on the verge of monumental change; the interstates under construction will bring new people, new opportunities, and new problems to Vermont, and the Cold War and protests against the war in Vietnam have finally reached the dirt roads and rolling pastures of Bethany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarren has barely unpacked when he's called up to a remote farm on Agony Hill. Former New Yorker and Back-to-the-Lander Hugh Weber seems to have set fire to his barn and himself, with the door barred from the inside, but things aren't adding up for Warren. The people of Bethany--from Weber's enigmatic wife to Warren's neighbor, widow and amateur detective Alice Bellows -- clearly have secrets they'd like to keep, but Warren can't tell if the truth about Weber's death is one of them. As he gets to know his new home and grapples with the tragedy that brought him there, Warren is drawn to the people and traditions of small town Vermont, even as he finds darkness amidst the beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, \u003ci\u003eAgony Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is the first novel in a new historical series full of vivid New England atmosphere and the deeply drawn characters that are Sarah Stewart Taylor's trademark.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102836658399,"sku":"9781250826640","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lDbovnviRV9781250826640.webp?v=1781087448"},{"product_id":"a-stolen-child-a-maggie-darcy-mystery-paperback","title":"A Stolen Child: A Maggie d'Arcy Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Taylor presents an appealingly nuanced twist on the traditional police procedural.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Stewart Taylor is known for her atmospheric portrayal of an American detective in Ireland, and her critically acclaimed series returns with \u003c\/i\u003eA Stolen Child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter months of training, former Long Island homicide detective Maggie D'arcy is now officially a Garda. She's finally settling into life in Ireland and so is her teenage daughter, Lilly. Maggie may not be a detective yet, but she's happy with her community policing assignment in Dublin's Portobello neighborhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen she and her partner find former model and reality tv star Jade Elliot murdered--days after responding to a possible domestic violence disturbance at her apartment--they also discover Jade's toddler daughter missing. Shorthanded thanks to an investigation into a gangland murder in the neighborhood, Maggie's friend, Detective Inspector Roly Byrne, brings her onto his team to help find the missing child. But when a key discovery is made, the case only becomes more confusing--and more dangerous. Amidst a nationwide manhunt, Maggie and her colleagues must look deep into Jade's life--both personal and professional--to find a ruthless killer.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104381800671,"sku":"9781250826701","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ixSfUfFEJ_9781250826701.webp?v=1781108182"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sarah-stewart-taylor.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}