Best-selling author Margaret Maron creates entertaining mysteries filled with warm southern charm, colorful down-home characters, and smoldering grudges. In Storm Track, swirling dark clouds of illicit affairs and brutal murder threaten Colleton County, North Carolina. No one worries much about the scantily clad woman found strangled in the Orchid Motel-she must be a tourist who brought along her own problems. But when the victim turns out to be the wife of one of Colleton County's up-and-coming lawyers, the news comes as a thunderclap. People begin looking suspiciously among themselves for the culprit, and Judge Deborah Knott learns her own handsome cousin possesses a mighty powerful motive. While Deborah searches for the vicious killer, a deadly hurricane rages up the Carolina coast, bringing destruction and its own kind of justice. Winner of the Edgar and Agatha Awards, Margaret Maron bases this series on her life in rural North Carolina. Narrator C.J. Critt's lilting performance captures both the crackling wit and the heightening suspense.
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"#7 of the Deborah Knott series-Finally! This was one of the better mysteries of the Knott series. The setting was Deborah's home town. One of the local's, Lynn Bullock, is found murdered in her hotel room. At the same time, Hurricane Fran is moving up the coast ready to hit North Carolina. Maron uses the murder mystery and neatly weaves it amongst the story of the hurricane. This is the part I enjoy most about Maron's mysteries. She takes something true from this prominent Southern State and weaves it within her mystery. I also enjoy the Knott family and all of their trials and tribulations. This will probably go down as one of my favorites of the series." — Kellie (5 out of 5 stars)
"#7 of the Deborah Knott series-Finally! This was one of the better mysteries of the Knott series. The setting was Deborah's home town. One of the local's, Lynn Bullock, is found murdered in her hotel room. At the same time, Hurricane Fran is moving up the coast ready to hit North Carolina. Maron uses the murder mystery and neatly weaves it amongst the story of the hurricane. This is the part I enjoy most about Maron's mysteries. She takes something true from this prominent Southern State and weaves it within her mystery. I also enjoy the Knott family and all of their trials and tribulations. This will probably go down as one of my favorites of the series."
" When Hurricane Fran tracks nearer and nearer to Colleton County, Deborah tries to solve the mystery of the death of a cheating wife in a local motel. "
" I love Margaret Maron's Deborah Knott series. I think the extended family relationships is what makes them for me. "
" One of my favourites in this series. "
" This is the first of the Deborah Knott novels to switch from a tight-first person to a mixed first person/third person limited, and while the story was good, I'm not sure Maron quite had a grasp on making her multiple POVs work for her. I was a little distracted by the quick swapping. "
" I thought I would try another Maron mystery since one of her novels is in a course that I have taught, but I was disapointed again. I did not like the interspersed weather reports, Maron needs to stick with what she does best. It was pretty easy to figure out the mystery. "
" One of the more interesting in the series. Lots of twists and turns and lots of real life issues. "
" Great read! Read it in one day. Glad Moron has given us a family tree, there are way too many characters in her family. But, she gets small-town, rural, family live down perfectly! I'll continue reading the Knott series. "
" The first of this series that I've read - a great twist! "
" Good summer reading, especially during hurricane season. "
" Half way decent southern mystery. Might actually read some more bythis author. "
" Not her best book but still an enjoyable read "
" This kept me guessing, and I liked it. The wrap up was perhaps a bit too tidy, but that's a small quibble. "
" Judge Deborah Knott deals with mayhem as Hurricane Fran comes in as a killer searches for incriminating evidence. Good read and nicely incorporated meteorological info into story. "
" Another good one in the series. I was a little disappointed at the end though. I felt like the killer didn't get real justice. "
" Good read, probably better than most serial mysteries. The reader is a really good match for the material. The book was a good enough read that I could recommend it to patrons and I wanted to read others in the series. "
" FM Deborah Knott, the N.C. judge, investigates three different murders as a huge storm rolls through. "
" The book was more about the storm than the mystery, and the author so thoroughly painted herself into a corner that she handwaved the ending. She does name the killer, but the killer is found largely by accident and she never explains how the killer was able to do it. "
" Another great read from the Deborah Knott series (#7). The setting is Knott's home town. One of the local's is found murdered in her hotel --and hurricane Fran is moving up the North Carolina coast. All the usual wonderful cast of characters including the Knott family. "
" Such a good series. Character are interesting no matter if they are primary or secondary. I've learned a lot about moonshine and North Carolina. This is regional writing at its best. Seven down and quite a few more to go to finish the series. "
" Series: Deborah Knott 7, c2000 "
" Interesting characters, compelling plot line, good local color. Don't find Deborah Knott, Maron's protagonist, a likable character so I can't get excited about reading another in the series. Margaret Maron "
" I am enjoying this entire series. My husband gave me the newest for Christmas, and I am currently working my through them all. They're a fast, easy read, and I like the ongoing saga of her friends and family. "
" Didn't finish this because it was so slow and I didn't like the reader. "
" Loved this. Read it when I lived in Wilmington! "
" This is one of my favorite of this series. "
" Kindle edition. Another mystery solved by Judge Deborah Knott. Enjoyable. "
Margaret Maron is the author of more than twenty-five novels and two collections of short stories. Winner of several major American awards for mysteries, including the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity, her works are on the reading lists of various courses in contemporary Southern literature. A native Tar Heel, she still lives on her family’s country farm a few miles from Raleigh.
C. J. Critt is a veteran of Broadway, regional theater, poetry slams, and solo shows. Hailed “Spoken Word Queen” by the Dallas Observer, Critt is a produced writer-director, an Audie nominee, and a CableACE Award winner.
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