Dark Legacy is a suspense novel set in Oregon
where the exotic matsutake mushrooms grow. When Claudia Parnell arrives
at her brother’s house, she learns he’s been murdered. She
falls for a flamboyant Greek mushroom dealer, meets vengeful neighbors,
and must deal with an inept sheriff’s deputy. Claudia’s investigation
into her brother’s past puts her in the murderer’s crosshairs.
"I love the book! I stayed up way too late last night reading
it instead of going to bed."
Bonny Schumacher
Dark Legacy
By: Carol W. Hazelwood
ebook $9.99
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Pages : 211
"Learning of the death of her estranged brother Jonathan, Claudia Parnell
decides to more to the unusual house that Jonathan built near a three-stoplight
loggin town. Finding it isn’t easy: unmarked roads, deep forest,
neighbors neither near nor friendly.
Shocked by news from the sheriff that Jonathan was murdered, not killed
by a bear, she seeks answers but finds few. Why the claw marks on his body?
Who? How?
It’s matsutake season, and a visitor appears: a university mycologist
who had an agreement with Jonathan to keep matsutake pickers out of an
agreed-upon research area and who resents Claudia’s presence. Hardly
a good beginning to a quiet retreat. And then there are the questions about
land ownership…
The incidents, the relationships, the invasive events all circle around
the land and the matsutake mushrooms. The mycology of the matsutake is
well-written, those who know the science should enjoy it for that reason.
Mystery lovers will be pleased with the intricacy of the plot. It’s
rare to find both together. Best mycological mystery? In my view, yes."
Maggie Rogers
Fungi, Volume 2:3, Summer 2009
