A Death For Beauty
An illuminating debut novel by Alberto RiosArias
When Virginia Mae Mercy secretly wishes forher husband Birdie’s death, she never thought of herself as an accomplice. Butwhen Birdie is mysteriously murdered by Cheyenne Dogmen, she begins to questionher involvement in the grisly crime. Now troubled, Virginia cannot come toterms with her conscience and believes she was somehow responsible for hiskilling―an event that propels her on a path of certain ruin, as she adventuresacross the barren Western Plains during the height of the Civil War―in searchof a new life with her sickly daughter, Triste. What they encounter along thefringes of the Oregon Trail, in the dark corners of the prairies, will changetheir lives forever.
Through subtext, the author raises curious questions about death , life, and re-birth. A must-read!
