Books with author Carolyn Turner

Her first week on the job, and Marshal Beth Mayo is hit with a sex assault case. It's a nasty shock for the bucolic mountain town of Sugarloaf and for Mayo, who is still recovering from her husband's death. Her initial skepticism grows into disbelief over the victim's zany story, and she dismisses the case as a false report. Unfortunately, the same woman is soon discovered in the ruins of a ghost town, most definitely murdered. Mayo unravels the complex case through a parade of colorful suspects and misfit family members, all the while following a common thread from 150 years earlier -- Colorado history’s most notorious event, the Sand Creek Massacre.Carol Turner is the author of FORGOTTEN HEROES AND VILLAINS OF SAND CREEK, NOTORIOUS JEFFERSON COUNTY, and other books.

Three women, a span of 90 years....Hildy Saunders arrives at the house on Topaz Dune, giddy and puzzled by this unexpected inheritance. She has no idea why the mysterious Aunt Lillian left her this rambling house on the shore of Lake Michigan. Hildy has never even met her. As she prepares the place for sale, she becomes suspicious of Lillian's former care-giver. The house has been neglected and valuable jewelry seems to be missing. Her infatuation with the care-giver's husband doesn't help matters. Told in alternating chapters are the stories of Aunt Lillian and Hildy's "exotic" mother, Faye, which begin in 1916 Telluride, Colorado. Restless and inquisitive, Faye was the older sister, chafing at the limits of small-town life, yearning to escape and experience the world. She finally got her wish but the adventure didn't quite work out the way she planned. Meanwhile, Lillian fell in love and married a wealthy industrialist, but her cautious nature and a secret longing thwart her happiness.

Her first week on the job, and Marshal Beth Mayo is hit with a sex assault case. It's a nasty shock for the bucolic mountain town of Sugarloaf and for Mayo, who is still recovering from her husband's death. Her initial skepticism grows into disbelief over the victim's zany story, and she dismisses the case as a false report. Unfortunately, the same woman is soon discovered in the ruins of a ghost town, most definitely murdered. Mayo unravels the complex case through a parade of colorful suspects and misfit family members, all the while following a common thread from 150 years earlier, Colorado history’s most notorious event, the Sand Creek Massacre.

Three women, a span of 90 years.... Hildy Saunders arrives at the house on Topaz Dune, giddy with joy and puzzled about why her mysterious Aunt Lillian—someone she's never met—left it to her. But she's not complaining. She sets about getting the place cleaned up to sell, a process that puts her in danger of making a grave mistake. Told in alternating chapters are the stories of Aunt Lillian and Hildy's "exotic" mother, Faye. Restless and inquisitive, Faye is the older sister who yearns to escape from the remote mining town of Telluride and experience the world. She gets her wish but things don't quite work out the way she planned. Meanwhile, Lillian falls in love and marries a wealthy industrialist, but her cautious nature eventually becomes a barrier to her happiness.

The author of GODMOTHER (Three Rivers, 2009) and MERMAID (Three Rivers, 2011) brings her signature magical realistic spin on fairy tales to 9-12 year-olds.This thoroughly compelling, gorgeously told tale begins as the weather turns warm enough to swim in the local lake. Ava is on the brink of her twelfth birthday, and her crush, Jeff, is most definitely taking notice of her. Everything is going beautifully. Until Ava starts to grow feathers—all over her shoulders, arms, and back. Horrified, mortified, and clad in a turtleneck, she hides out in her bedroom, missing her dead mother and worrying about the summer, and the rest of her freakish life... Carolyn Turgeon has a gift for imagining magical worlds. In Ava’s case, this otherworldly place belongs to the Swan Maidens, one of whom is Ava’s mother. Ava goes back and forth between middle school and this magical realm, taking the reader along for an exhilarating, extraordinary ride.

This thoroughly compelling, gorgeously told tale begins as the weather turns warm enough to swim in the local lake, twelve-year-old Ava is looking forward to a lazy summer, and her crush, Jeff, is most definitely taking notice of her. Everything is going beautifully for Ava. . . until she starts to grow feathers. Is she some kind of freak? Or something truly special?