As an Okie farm boy<\/strong>\u00a0of the dust bowl depression days, I can testify that Donis Casey sounds like she\u2019s been there and done that. She gives us a tale full of wit, humor, sorrow and, more important, the truth. Her Alafair Tucker deserves to stand beside Ma Joad in Literature\u2019s gallery of heroic ladies.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>Tony Hillerman<\/p>\n More reviews for The Old Buzzard Had It Coming<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Hornswoggled<\/strong>\u00a0is a tremendous novel<\/strong> from a gifted writer. Donis Casey\u2019s voice flows like tea syrup, transporting you effortlessly to the Oklahoma frontier. If you fondly recall The Walton\u2019s clan, you\u2019ll adore\u00a0<\/em>Hornswoggled\u2019s\u00a0richly drawn characters. A welcome invite to your great-grandmother\u2019s front porch swing.\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Julia Spencer-Fleming, Edgar finalist and author of\u00a0All Mortal Flesh<\/em><\/p>\n More reviews for Hornswoggled<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n With an uncanny knack for solving mysteries,<\/strong>\u00a0the fiercely protective Alafair almost loses her life in the final confrontation with the killer. In this third in a series, set on a farm in 1914 Oklahoma, Casey lovingly protrays the Tuckers\u2019 close extended family, immersing the reader in both the domestic aspects and the harsh realities of everyday farm life.<\/em> \u2014\u00a0Sue O\u2019Brien<\/em>\u00a0for\u00a0Booklist Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n More reviews for The Drop Edge of Yonder<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n As her readers will recognize,<\/strong>\u00a0Alafair\u2019s strong psychic abilities are a integral part of the story, and in a delightful almost off hand style, Casey reveals that Alafair\u2019s youngest daughter Grace, still a toddler, shares her mother\u2019s psychic insights.\u00a0Casey\u2019s books are a nice combination of historical settings, a strong capable woman as protagonist, and a pleasant portrayal of a loving extended family.<\/em> \u2014\u00a0Woodstock\u2019s Blog, Books Update, August 20, 2008<\/p>\n More reviews for The Sky Took Him<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Crying Blood<\/strong>\u00a0begins with a simple hunting trip by a father, his brother and their sons.\u00a0 It then evolves into a great mystery.\u00a0 A skeleton, a ghost, a murder, and a manhunt!\u00a0 How does this everyday family in the early years of the 1900\u2032s in Oklahoma help solve the mystery?\u00a0 You are drawn into the lives of Shaw and Alafair Tucker and their large and extended family.\u00a0 The interaction between the family members is very well written.\u00a0 You feel as though this is a real family struggling to live and survive.\u00a0 Their reactions to the events they are drawn into are the same reactions I think you or I would have.\u00a0 I liked that the author gave us (and not the characters) the whole story of the mystery after the end of the book.\u00a0 It tied everything up in a neat little bow.<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Christy Gibbon on\u00a0Goodreads<\/a>, Oct. 31, 2010<\/p>\nHornswoggled<\/h3>\n
The Drop Edge of Yonder<\/h3>\n
The Sky Took Him<\/h3>\n
Crying Blood<\/h3>\n