Charles Cutter

Broschiertes Buch

The Lady's Slipper

Murder in Harbor Springs

Beschreibung

A developer plans to turn the Thorne Swift nature preserve-home to the lady's slipper flower-into million-dollar lakefront homes. With moneyed interests aligned against him, Burr takes the fight to the courtroom. But when the caretaker at Thorne Swift is found face down in the swamp, stabbed in the eye, Burr finds himself knee-deep in murder. Who stabbed Frank Slaughter? Thorne Swift is the biggest piece of undeveloped lakefront real estate in Harbor Springs-seventeen acres of pristine woods, ponds, creeks, and swamps with over a thousand feet of shoreline on Lake Michigan. It's a nature preserve, but a real estate developer wants to turn it into million-dollar homes. It's also home to the lady's slipper, a beautiful pink and white orchid shaped like a moccasin and central to an Ojibwe legend. Burr Lafayette, recently divorced, is the deposed head of the litigation department of a major Detroit law firm. A man at loose ends, he's a brilliant but troubled lawyer. He prefers boats over courtrooms, dogs over clients, and martinis over just about everything else. Burr also likes Thorne Swift the way it is. He goes to court and argues that the lady's slipper is endangered and Thorne Swift can't be developed. But when Frank Slaughter, the caretaker at Thorne Swift, is found face down in the swamp, stabbed in the eye, Burr finds himself knee-deep in murder.

Autor

Charles Cutter is the author of the highly acclaimed Burr Lafayette legal thriller series. The Pink Pony, the first book in the series, recently won First Prize in the Global Book Awards. Cutter is a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and a graduate with highest honors from Michigan State University. Before his writing career, he was in the media business and was a practicing attorney.Cutter is active in conservation, most recently serving as chairman of the board for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, the largest upland conservation organization in the United States. He lives with his wife, two dogs, and four cats in East Lansing. He has a leaky sailboat in Harbor Springs, and a leakier duck boat on Saginaw Bay. Previous books in the Burr Lafayette series include The Pink Pony, The Gray Drake, Bear Bones, The Crooked Angel, and Under the Ashes. They are available at Amazon and your local bookstore. Cutter has also written literary fiction, short stories, and screenplays. He is currently at work on the next book in the Burr Lafayette series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mission Point Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781965278949
• ISBN-10: 1965278949
• Artikelnr.: 75367052