Death of a
Dyer by Eleanor Kuhns is the second
of her Will Rees mysteries about a Revolutionary War veteran-turned-itinerant
weaver.
They didn't
have Facebook back in the 18th century so hearing unexpected news about an old
friend rarely meant something good had happened. For Will Rees, learning that
Nate Bowditch is dead is not only unexpected; it's unbelievable.
"Dead?”
Rees repeated, staring at George Potter in shock.
“Dead?”
A spasm of unexpected grief shot through him. Although he hadn’t seen Nate
Bowditch for eighteen years, not since Rees had marched away with the
Continental Army in
1777,
as boys they’d been closer than brothers. “Are you sure?”
Potter
put down his cup with a clink. “Of course I’m sure. His wife herself told me of
his death.”
“I’ve
never met her,” Rees said.
“After
almost twenty years? He lives— lived on the other side of Dugard, not the
Atlantic Ocean. What happened? You were such good friends.”
Rees
shrugged; that story was too long to tell. “We . . . went in different
directions.”
