Steeplechase (The Homer Kelly Mysteries: Bk. 18)

By: Jane Langton

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Synopsis: With &“clever storytelling&” shifting between past and present, the final Homer Kelly mystery has the scholar/sleuth solving the puzzle of a missing church (Booklist). Somehow, against all odds, Homer Kelly has become famous. After decades toiling in academic obscurity, the Harvard professor has a book on the bestseller list. To capitalize on his sudden fame, Homer&’s editor demands another book, and fast. Homer is working on Steeplechase, a tour of churches in and around his little patch of Massachusetts, and at his editor&’s request he goes searching for some ancient gossip to spice up his new work. What he finds is a baffling Reconstruction-era mystery. Hot-air balloons, nursery rhymes, and the great chestnut tree in the village of Nashoba all form part of Homer&’s ancestors&’ thrilling story. As the tale shifts between 1868 and the present day, a picture emerges of a small-town Massachusetts that&’s hardly changed, and a secret which, if it weren&’t for Homer, may have stayed buried for all time.