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"An Evocative Historical"
Reviewed by Cynthia Meidinger
Posted May 21, 2002

Annabel Lee Donovan knows that her father is a bootlegger, and she wants him to quit the business. Their latest move has brought them to Henderson, Missouri, and to a lovely farmhouse high on a hill. Their nearest neighbors are the Carters, whom they have been warned to Read more...

"Delightful historical tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted June 15, 2002

In 1925 bootlegger Murphy Donovan moves his operation to Henderson, Missouri. Accompanying him on his latest midnight move is his daughter Annabel Lee and his two employees Spooner and Boone. Though she knows better, Annabel hopes this is their last move as she would like to settle down Read more...

Summary

Anabel Lee and her father have made a middle-of-the-night move from their former home to a remote hilltop house in Missouri. Anabel is glad that she was able to finish high school before the move, but has resigned herself to the fact that her father's bootlegging business has made them nomads and left her with a life of loneliness. So when a young boy named Jack Jones comes to the door, hungry and looking for work, Anabel eagerly invites him in. And Anabel's father quickly recruits him for his operation. Meanwhile, Jack's older sister is looking for her runaway brother and begs law officer Corbin Appleby to find him. Corbin does so easily, but he also stumbles across the rumrunners-and Anabel, who attracts him immediately. What's an honest lawman to do?