Annotation
This smart, sassy series introduces Deborah Knott, candidate for district judge--and daughter of an infamous bootlegger. Deborah's campaigning is interrupted when disturbing new evidence surrrounding a murder that has never been solved surfaces and she is implored to investigate.
Awards
1993 Edgar Awards (Edgar Allan Poe Awards)
1993 Anthony Award
1993 Agatha Award
Characters
| Name | Knott, Deborah |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Genre | Southern fiction Mystery --Detective, Amateur --Cozy --Women sleuths Fiction |
| Topics | Unsolved murders Politics Elections |
| Setting | Colleton County, North Carolina Small town |
| Series | ||
| Deborah Knott mystery | ||
| 1 | Bootlegger's daughter | |
| 2 | Southern discomfort | |
| 3 | Shooting at loons | |
| 4 | Up jumps the devil | |
| 5 | Killer market | |
| 6 | Home fires burning | |
| 7 | Storm track | |
| 8 | Uncommon clay | |
| 9 | Slow dollar | |
| 10 | High country fall | |
| 11 | Rituals of the season | |
| 12 | Winter's child | |
| 13 | Hard row | |
| 14 | Death's half acre | |
| 15 | Sand sharks | |