Jeanne Martz: 3 books

Along a five-mile stretch of creek that runs through East Sheridan Community lives a proud band of misfits who just want to fit into society. Brought to life in a collection of twelve short stories, the scrappy Creekers work hard to put food on their tables. But even as they face a harsh reality,...

Something unusual catches Kinley Rankins eye as she searches the local paper for work: Farm widower, early fifties, looking for an arranged marriage contract with willing partner. The gentleman in question, Nels Swenson has a lot on his mind these days. After the mysterious death of...

It is 1940 and a tragedy has just occurred outside Tiffin, Iowa. After a bloody collarbone, pieces of flesh, and garments are found on the railroad tracks, local police learn that Finn Fletcher, an eighteen-year-old American Indian psychiatric patient, has escaped from the hospital. Moments later,...