Debra Gaskill

Barn Burner (Jubilant Falls Series) (Volume 1) Debra Gaskill Second edition

Barns are burning on farms all around Jubilant Falls, Ohio ?but that?s the least of newspaper editor Addison McIntyre?s problems. The daughter of Golgotha College president Dr. Seaford Thorn has come up missing ? along with half a million dollars from the college?s endowment fund. When Addison?s own daughter Isabella, already suspended from school for assaulting a teacher, attempts suicide, Addison must come to terms with the real meaning of family secrets? her own and others. Barn Burner tackles the legacy of mental illness in a small town, the secrets everyone keeps?and the damages that all of those secrets can do. ?Debra Gaskill's small town Jubilant Falls reads as true as Faulkner's Jefferson, Mississippi. And her deftly drawn characters enjoy equal depth and humanity. Addison MacIntyre engages the reader's respect and affection from the first page and, down to her nicotine stained fingers, Addison makes the reader long for her next crime to solve or mystery to unravel. Debra Gaskill's Addison MacIntyre series feels as real and true and unforgettable as Boo Radley's front porch.? ?Douglas Savage, author of the novels The Court Martial of Robert E. Lee (History Book Club main selection) Barn Burner is the first in a series of mysteries set in Jubilant Falls, Ohio and Addison McIntyre is the latest addition to the reporter/sleuth literary tradition.