Bootlegger's Daughter

By: Margaret Maron

Narrated by: C.J. Critt

With a steamy Southern plot and a sassy new heroine, this Edgar Award-winning novel debuts an exceptional new series. Attorney Deborah Knott is North Carolina's answer to V.I. Warshawski, a legal sleuth with a knack for sniffing out the most baffling crimes. Deborah has just done the unthinkable: entered the heated race for judge of old-boy-ruled Colleton County. The only female candidate, she's busy reeling in voters and giving campaign speeches. There couldn't be a worse time for Gayle Whitehead to beg Deborah to investigate the 18-year-old unsolved murder of Gayle's mother, Janie. Gayle wants the busy attorney to poke around for any new clues the police may have missed all these years. Unlikely, thinks Deborah; until she discovers that not all the details of Janie's case made it out of confidential police files.

Filled with the patter of Southern voices and populated with a cast of colorful characters, Bootlegger's Daughter expertly unwinds a funny, cunningly-crafted tale of mystery and deceit in North Carolina's backwoods.

Don't miss the other books in the Deborah Knott mystery series.©1992 Margaret Maron

Critic reviews

• Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner, Best Novel, 1993

"Filled with good-ole-boy pitter patter and detailed local color, the story flows smoothly." (Publishers Weekly)
"A fine start to a promising new series." (Kirkus Reviews)

Liked the story; not impressed with the narration

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Good characters, suspenseful but easy to follow plot.

Did C.J. Critt do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

The accents were uneven and inaccurate; some of the phrasing was very "un-Southern."

love this series

I am a devoted Margaret Maron fan. I was so sad when she retired. this book started it all for me, and I've since read everything she has written. She is wholly adept at capturing life in the south as it was years ago, even if politically incorrect, now. . Re-reading this series now as it was do enjoyable the first time. highly recommend

Southern through and through.. Down to the sweet tea and sweaty summers

Enjoyed this book, although wish these auto books were a little longer .. Too short for one credit

It was o.k.

Narrator was great. Story ok. Struggled to finish. No suspense, predictable. Character development only ok.

very likeable

not quite in love with this book but sure like it a bunch. interesting characters I care about and want to know better. a decent murder mystery with a few twists. straight forward writing.