Publisher's Synopsis
Forced to return to her Appalachian mountain home to bury her big brother, Police Chief Early Shaw, Emma Shaw finds the circumstances of his death a mystery that no one wants to talk about. For centuries, the Shaw family has run the small town with an iron fist--and Emma learns fast it doesn't pay to ask too many questions--even though she is one of their own. The facts don't add up, and Emma will get her answers, one way or the other--even though her questions have stirred up a hornet's nest.
There's one thing the Shaw family doesn't know: Emma possesses a mystical ability to read the energy auras that surround most people, and she can tell a lot about a person by the qualities of those auras. If they're lying, she knows. Will that gift be enough to help her solve the case of Early's murder?
As the list of suspects grows--along with her frustration--Emma grapples with untangling her mysterious past from the dangerous present. Under the shadow of Black Mountain, Emma confronts the town's ruling family and the secrets they keep. Can she manage to stay alive long enough to learn who killed her brother? One thing she knows for sure--Early's death was no accident. She's determined to prove it was MURDER ON BLACK MOUNTAIN.
