Wilder Rumors — Molly MacRae

A shady museum curator, a small Blue Ridge Mountain town, burglary, rumors, and murder . . .Lewis Wilder thinks he???s found an uncomplicated life when he takes the job as curator of the history museum in Nolichucky, Tennessee, a town snoozing in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He???s wrong in so many ways. While Wilder is getting to know his new neighbors, the Fox, a burglar with a sense of style, is getting acquainted with the neighbors??? portable antiques. Then, anonymous envelopes of cash start arriving at the museum. Coincidence? Complicating matters further are anonymous phone calls, a journalist asking too many questions, a lecherous guitar picker, a wealthy boor, the boor???s libidinous wife, and Wilder???s own tangled past. Wilder Rumors is a small town mystery with Southern Appalachian charm and humor. Lewis Wilder???s entanglements with rumors, burglary, and murder keep the inhabitants of Nolichucky entertained, as surely as they will the reader.