The Eastern Shore of Maryland, 1857
Naomi Banks, mistress of Hickory Hill, is a pillar of society, respected by all, envied by many. But she has a secret, never revealed. She killed her first husband, twenty-five years before. And when a ghost from her past invades the present, her entire existence is threatened, forcing a battle she never expected to fight.
Set on a large plantation on Marylands Eastern Shore, The Secrets of Hickory Hill, features a complex cast of characters: Naomis daughter Annabelle and the two men who court hershipbuilder Adrian Reed and politician Artemis Wentworth, the slaves of Hickory HillPhoebe, Coffey Green, and Billy GilesAmish families who shelter runawaysJacob Yoder and Samuel Zook, and the lawmen who chase them, Sheriff Dodd and slavecatcher Amos Quigg. And then theres Zeb Payne, the man who knows Naomis secret.
The Secrets of Hickory Hill is a sprawling epic of the Antebellum South, laced with murder, intrigue, deceit, and disaster.
Genre: Mystery
Naomi Banks, mistress of Hickory Hill, is a pillar of society, respected by all, envied by many. But she has a secret, never revealed. She killed her first husband, twenty-five years before. And when a ghost from her past invades the present, her entire existence is threatened, forcing a battle she never expected to fight.
Set on a large plantation on Marylands Eastern Shore, The Secrets of Hickory Hill, features a complex cast of characters: Naomis daughter Annabelle and the two men who court hershipbuilder Adrian Reed and politician Artemis Wentworth, the slaves of Hickory HillPhoebe, Coffey Green, and Billy GilesAmish families who shelter runawaysJacob Yoder and Samuel Zook, and the lawmen who chase them, Sheriff Dodd and slavecatcher Amos Quigg. And then theres Zeb Payne, the man who knows Naomis secret.
The Secrets of Hickory Hill is a sprawling epic of the Antebellum South, laced with murder, intrigue, deceit, and disaster.
Genre: Mystery
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