Hang My Head and Cry

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With By Blood Possessed, Santangelo introduced an unusual mystery heroine, a woman with one foot in the present and one foot in history: Quite literally, Pat Montella can "see" into the past. In Hang My Head and Cry, Pat has given up city life and moved onto Miss Maggie Shelby's Civil War-era estate, which Pat will someday inherit. She believes her "visions" of the past are behind her. But one night, Pat's visions begin again with a recurring dream of Reconstruction-era Virginia through the eyes of a ten-year-old son of a slave. The boy, named Emancipation because he was born a week after Lincoln's proclamation, seems harmless but clearly intends to tell Pat a story.Then, Pat and Miss Maggie dig up a skeleton on the estate grounds, and the two can't help but wonder if Emancipation is somehow connected to the corpse. There is one thing, though, that they do know: The past is never as dead and buried as it seems to be. As Pat and Miss Maggie try to unravel the mysteries before them, those long-ago events will take on new and dangerous importance in the modern day.Hang My Head and Cry is an atmospheric, absorbing, and beautifully crafted second novel in one of today's most innovative mystery series.AUTHORBIO: Elena Santangelo is an award-winning short story writer and an avid fan of both history and ghost stories. Her first novel, By Blood Possessed, was short-listed for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel.Born in Pennsylvania, she lives in Norristown, PA.