Once again Nell Pratt has to dig into the past to solve a murder in the present…
Between the challenges of her position as president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia and of taking her relationship with FBI agent James Morrison to the next level, Nell Pratt has got her hands full. Nevertheless, when a powerful developer approaches the Society to make sure the old dairy farm he wants to level is not hiding any archaeological or historical surprises that could derail the project he’s planning, Nell decides to make time to personally accompany him to the proposed site.
But when they get to the property, they stumble upon a startling discovery—a body floating facedown in a pond. The dead man turns out to be an amateur history enthusiast, who may have uncovered secrets about the farm that got him killed. Now it’s up to Nell and James to get to the bottom of things before there are more deadly developments…
After the dramatic ending to the previous book this one is a nice ease back into the world of history, Mr Wakeham (a developer) has bought a whole farm of 1,000 acres and he plans to build a whole community there, different size and styles of houses, a surgery, a bank, green areas and so forth. Before he can start though he wants to make sure there is nothing historical about to come back to bite him and so he asks for the help of the Antiquity Society. Nell hires Lissa (a graduate student) on a short term contract to do the donkey work for this. Oh and James has a recommendation for another hire – meaning they should be fully staffed again.
The only flies in Nell's ointment are a fresh corpse at the farm site (oh and James ends up dealing with this!) and the fact that James wants more commitment and she is holding back.
5 stars
Crafts and Life 
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