DESSIE MARIE IBD

Sinopse

Dessie Marie Pennell enjoys her simple country life on Brushy Mountain- until, that is, her beloved cousin Ida, better known among their neighbors as Turkey Holler Bill, turns up dead.ááááIt first appears that Turkey Holler suffered a fall on her property and managed to drag herself back to her cabin, where her body was discovered.áBut then a Yankee speculator by the name of Jim Clanton shows up with designs on buying Turkey HollerâÇÖs land.áAs Clanton and the crooked local sheriff begin pressuring Dessie and her mountain neighbors into selling their property, it seems that Turkey HollerâÇÖs death may have not been an accident after all.ááááThose who refuse to sell face threats from the sheriff and Jim Clanton- before some of them begin dying under questionable circumstances.áBrushy Mountain and the town of Moravian Falls, where people have long counted on each other for mutual support, become a place of suspicion.áAnd the outsider Jim Clanton isnâÇÖt the only suspect stirring the pot.áOld grievances arise among neighbors who feel their families have been cheated out of mountain property.ááááDessie and Turkey HollerâÇÖs daughter, Hattie Mae, deal bravely with the charged atmosphere on Brushy Mountain as the danger comes closer and closer to their door.áThe reckoning comes and the mystery is solved one morning right in DessieâÇÖs front yard.