Jewel Box: Short Works by Mary Anna Evans - Softcover

An eight-year-old girl who has just watched as her sister was kidnapped... A nurse who holds the lives of a mother and child in her hands... A makeup artist who has just found a murdered starlet on a movie set... Find these characters and more in this book-length collection of short works by Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp mysteries. This collection includes stories and essays originally published in anthologies including FLORIDA HEAT WAVE, A KUDZU CHRISTMAS, MYSTERY READERS JOURNAL, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, MYSTERY MUSES, and A MERRY BAND OF MURDERERS, as well as never-before published stories by Evans. Bonuses include a story by guest author Libby Fischer Hellmann and an excerpt from her environmental thriller WOUNDED EARTH. Mary Anna Evans is a recipient of the Mississippi Author Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, a Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal, the Patrick D. Smith Florida Literature Award. KIRKUS REVIEWS called her latest release, PLUNDER, "delightfully erudite." She lives in Florida with a humongous piano and an unusually charming cat.

Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp archaeological mysteries, is the recipient of the Mississippi Author Award, a Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal, the Benjamin Franklin Award, and the Patrick D. Smith Florida Literature Award. Her short works have been published in anthologies and journals including FLORIDA HEAT WAVE, A MERRY BAND OF MURDERERS, NORTH FLORIDA NOIR, MYSTERY READERS JOURNAL, A KUDZU CHRISTMAS, and MYSTERY MUSES. National reviews for her work have called it "delightfully erudite" (KIRKUS REVIEWS) and "compelling" (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.) She lives in Florida with an oversized piano and an uppity cat.