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The Story of the Sarasota Celery Fields & Other Mysteries
(2022)(The second book in the Florida Fables series)
A novel by Tony Dunbar
The Story of the Sarasota Celery Fields follows upon The Story of the
Sarasota Assassination Society and continues the chronicle of a town
speeding towards its future as an agricultural and tourist paradise, as
told by Deputy Sheriff Gawain MacFarlane. The explosion of wealth
brought by Bertha Palmer and other visionaries not only spurred a vast
real estate boom but also an irresistible market for bootleggers, for the
swindle of Scottish “colonists,” and for marauders such as The John
Ashley Gang. In the midst of it all an unexplained tragedy occurred—the
murder in 1921 of Harry Higel, the town’s three-time mayor and most
prominent booster. The gruesome bludgeoning that left Higel almost
unrecognizable happened near his home on Siesta Key, the beach island
he was developing, and historians have long puzzled over who
committed this heinous crime. MacFarlane’s relentless investigation
produces a disturbing outcome and a final resolution to the mystery.
Genre: Historical
Sarasota Assassination Society and continues the chronicle of a town
speeding towards its future as an agricultural and tourist paradise, as
told by Deputy Sheriff Gawain MacFarlane. The explosion of wealth
brought by Bertha Palmer and other visionaries not only spurred a vast
real estate boom but also an irresistible market for bootleggers, for the
swindle of Scottish “colonists,” and for marauders such as The John
Ashley Gang. In the midst of it all an unexplained tragedy occurred—the
murder in 1921 of Harry Higel, the town’s three-time mayor and most
prominent booster. The gruesome bludgeoning that left Higel almost
unrecognizable happened near his home on Siesta Key, the beach island
he was developing, and historians have long puzzled over who
committed this heinous crime. MacFarlane’s relentless investigation
produces a disturbing outcome and a final resolution to the mystery.
Genre: Historical
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