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Eleanor Kuhns

    A lifelong librarian, Eleanor has been crafting stories since childhood. Her narratives are deeply rooted in her rich life experiences and extensive reading, allowing her to explore complex human relationships and themes of memory. Her work is characterized by keen insight and sensitive observation, drawing readers into meticulously built worlds.

    In the Shadow of the Bull
    Death in the Great Dismal
    • In the Shadow of the Bull

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. In a world of Goddess worship, sacred snakes and sacrifice, human jealousy, resentment, and betrayal still run wild . . . When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old Martis, a young poet and bull leaper in training, is certain her sister was murdered. The prime suspect is the groom, Saurus, a barbarian from the Greek mainland, but when Arge's Shade visits Martis, swearing Saurus is not her murderer, Martis vows to uncover the truth. As Martis begins asking questions, she discovers that while her sweet sister Arge may have had no secrets, many of the people around Martis certainly do. but if the murderer is not Saurus, then who is it? The Egyptian lady who frequents the docks, one of Martis's other sisters, her father, or someone entirely different? Martis is in a battle against time to save her sister's Shade from eternal unrest and uncover the killer before they strike again . . .

      In the Shadow of the Bull2023
      3.6
    • Death in the Great Dismal

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Will Rees and his wife Lydia agree to accompany an old friend previously abducted by slave catchers to the Great Dismal Swamp. However, shortly after arriving in the community one of their number is killed. Will finds himself asked to solve the murder ... which proves tricky when no one there trusts him, and slave catchers are prowling.

      Death in the Great Dismal2020
      4.0