A Dangerous Silence

A Dangerous Silence by Palmer, Catherine. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780842336178.

When Dr. Marah Morgan returns to Cowley County, Kansas, she is surprised to find herself agreeing to run the family farm for her injured and difficult father. When government agents arrive and begin searching the farm for an Indian burial ground, Marah grows suspicious. A mysterious stranger appears, looking for work. Then Marah discovers alarming details about her mothers death more than twenty-five years earlier, making her wonder if reconciliation with her father is possible, or if bitterness—and silence—will destroy them.