Heaven is High: A Mystery

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St. Martin's Publishing Group, Feb 1, 2011 - Fiction - 304 pages

Barbara Holloway is a low-key attorney in Eugene, Oregon who left her father's high powered firm to handle small legal problems for local residents and ponder her own next move. But while trying to sort out her own future, two people, desperate for help, show up on her doorstep: former pro football player Martin Owens and his wife Binnie. Binnie, who is mute, met her husband when she snuck aboard his boat while it was docked in Haiti and smuggled herself into the U. S. Now Immigration is seeking to deport her back to Haiti, which would be a death sentence. Born to a woman from Belize who was kidnapped and enslaved by pirates, Binnie's only hope is to prove her and her mother's real identity. With only days to find the truth and protect Binnie, Holloway sets off for Belize. But what she knows is only the tip of the iceberg in what turns out to be one of her most complex, compelling and dangerous cases yet.

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Section 1
1
Section 2
9
Section 3
21
Section 4
29
Section 5
35
Section 6
43
Section 7
53
Section 8
61
Section 16
143
Section 17
155
Section 18
163
Section 19
175
Section 20
187
Section 21
197
Section 22
209
Section 23
221

Section 9
73
Section 10
83
Section 11
97
Section 12
105
Section 13
115
Section 14
123
Section 15
131
Section 24
229
Section 25
241
Section 26
249
Section 27
261
Section 28
271
Section 29
281
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Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018) is the author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among them are the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang, the Constance and Charlie mysteries, and The Good Children. The recipient of many honors--the Prix Apollo, the Hugo Award, three Nebula Awards, and the Kurd Lasswitz Award--Ms. Wilhelm, along with her husband, Damon Knight, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Michigan State University in recognition of their many years as instructors for the Clarion workshop in Fantasy and Science Fiction. Born in Ohio and raised in Kentucky, she lived in Eugene, Oregon.

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