Joan M. Drury Boeken

The protagonist, Tyler Jones, embarks on a quest to uncover hidden truths in her family's northern Minnesota home after her mother's dying wish. As she delves into the community's past, she confronts a web of secrets, half-truths, and a conspiracy of silence that challenge her understanding of family and morality. The narrative explores complex themes of loyalty, the nature of truth, and the impact of buried histories. Recognized with multiple literary awards, this mystery reveals the darker sides of familial bonds and the lengths people go to protect their legacies.

Fiction. With THOSE JORDAN GIRLS, the author of the Tyler Jones mystery trilogy (including CLOSED IN SILENCE) delivers a family novel that follows four generations of women living together in small-town Minnesota. Narrated by Maddie, the youngest, the story centers around matriarch Gummie, a strong and independent woman who finds her way to the forefront of every major twentieth-century social movement while raising a daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter to follow in her footsteps. Julia Alvarez (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents) commented, Every word rings true. We feel a part of this unusual family, one of those Jordan girls, eagerly turning the pages to find out where we came from and who we are.

When five women meet up at a reunion to share stories of struggle, triumph, accomplishment and pain, they also encounter a murder.