The Gold Standard

By Lisa J Lickel

Description:

School teacher Judy Winters sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her aunt Louise's murder back on the family farm. Judy encounters Hart Wingate, a young man who rented the adjoining farm and helped Aunt Louise with farm chores. When Judy learns her boyfriend, Graham, has been secretly visiting Louise, she decides to move away from him for the summer and think over the situation.

As Judy explores her aunt's house, she finds and follows clues in Louise's mother's diary to unearth buried treasure. But was the treasure behind Louise's murder?

Book Takeaway:

Family is still important in these crazy days of keeping few ties to a homeplace, or roots to look back on with pride.

Why the author wrote this book:

I wrote this story because I was intrigued by family heritage, what it meant to keep the family farm and what someone would do to claim or reclaim that heritage.