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M ARTHA A. C HEVES — R ESIDENT R EVIEWER
A Silver Medallion (A Crystal Moore Suspense Book 2)
By: James A. Callan
ISBN: 978-0692679227
Publisher: Pennant Publishing
Publication Date: May 22, 2016
Pages: 366
Kindle, paperback
M ARTHA C HEVES
A UTHOR /R EVIEWER
Crystal's grandmother stood under a maple tree. Eula Moore was staring at
the small storage shed about twenty feet behind her house. She aimed a
double-barreled shotgun at the door of the building. "Don't make no sudden
moves. I got a nervous trigger finger. I might just blow your head off." Nothing
moved. "Now, very slowly, come on out in the open, and keep them hands
over your head where I can see 'em." Crystal crept up beside her grandmother,
"What's in there, Nana?" she whispered. A few moments passed. Then a single
finger came into view. Gradually, it turned into a whole hand, waving in a small
arc. "Por favor, no dispare." The tiny brown hand fluttered again. The voice
quavered slightly, "Please. No shoot. No shoot."
Crystal Moore was paying her grandmother Eula a visit at her home "The
Park." Finding her Nana standing in a defensive stance with a shotgun pointed
at one of the buildings wasn't what she had expected to walk into. She also
wasn't expecting the troubles that followed the discovery of a young Mexican
woman hiding inside that building.
Rosa was her name. She had been smuggled across the border to serve as
what Crystal called a 'slave' to one of Dallas' most prominent men. And to keep
her under his control she is told that her husband will be killed if she talks to
anyone or tries to run.
In Crystal's attempt to help Rosa as well as others in this same situation, she
finds herself in the heart of Mexico where family members of those enslaved
are being held. This task is one that could cost her her own life as well as the
lives of those close to her.
If you want a twisting road ride, you'll find it in A Silver Medallion. I thought the
first book in this series 'A Ton of Gold' was good. This second book in the
Crystal Moore Suspense Series has taken it a step further. My word to Author
James R. Callan is "hurry up and give me Book 3!"
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