In this study, Kathryn Walls challenges the standard identification of Una with the post-Reformation English Church, arguing that she is, rather, Augustine’s City of God – the invisible Church, whose membership is known only to God. Una’s story (its Tudor resonances notwithstanding) therefore embraces that of the Synagogue before the Incarnation as well as that of the Church in the time of Christ and thereafter. It also allegorises the redemptive process that sustains the true Church. Una ...

In the sultry South Carolina Lowcountry, a young widow's investigation into a hit-and-run uncovers dark secrets that someone will kill to keep buried...Amateur sleuth Bay Tanner finds her love life heating up with Red, the local sheriff's sergeant and her late husband's brother. But when her housekeeper's son, Roberto, hints that a recent hit-and-run may have been more than an accident, Bay is drawn into a dangerous mystery. The victim, a crusader for the rights of...

Bay Tanner's fledgling detective agency gets off the ground when she, the Judge, and Eric Whiteside look into the murder of an old college friend of Eric's. Right before he was killed, Grey Palmer Jr. contacted Eric to tell him that while working as an archeologist on the islands off of Beaufort, SC, he had found the remains of a man who was recently killed. The next day, Grey's body is found underwater, tied to his boat, his face mutilated by the boat's propeller. As Bay and Eric get clos...

To clear her name, Bay Tanner must uncover what happened to a missing teenager and unravel a conspiracy in this thrilling mystery.When Alain Darnay suddenly reappears on Hilton Head, Bay Tanner believes she and her former lover can finally settle into something resembling a normal life. But her tenuous peace is shattered by an innocent-looking boy with cold blue eyes who will force her to relive the nightmare of her husband's murder, to face that terrifying summer ...

A Hilton Head detective's search for a woman's missing family leads to murder in this "tense, introspective and hard to put down" mystery ( Kirkus Reviews )."Wall's Low-Country Carolina setting and her strong female protagonist continue to make this a satisfying series, worthy of recommendation to fans of Julia Spencer-Fleming." — BooklistPrivate Investigator Bay Tanner is...

While restoring her Hilton Head home after a brush with a hurricane, PI Bay Tanner reluctantly accepts bestselling true-crime writer Winston Wolfe as a client. Arrogant and secretive, Wolfe is researching the cold-case disappearance of reclusive millionaire Morgan Tyler Bell from his secluded private island off the South Carolina coast. Adding to the mystery, Bell's personal assistant vanished as well. But what has Bay's investigative antennae quivering is the apparent suicide at the time ...

Greed and deception drive the action in this tenth entry in the awardwinning series, set in South Carolina's sultry LowcountryWhen bank employee Cecelia Dobbs approaches Bay Tanner's inquiry agency, Bay has no idea her association with the awkward young woman will lead to murder. Concerned that one of her colleagues may be running a scam on the elderly and very wealthy Castlemains of Hilton Head Island, Cecelia is seeking proof she can take to the authorities. The other object of he...

Bleached-blond call girls rarely bring good news, especially the one who bursts through the door of Bay Tanner's struggling inquiry agency and into her already complicated life. Karen Zwilling swears she's been viciously attacked but can't—or won't—go to the police.With the tragedy of her husband's murder finally resolved, Bay has been yearning for a little tranquillity, but that hope is shattered, both by Karen's plea for help and by the unexpected reappearance of aging playboy Win...

When a fifth cousin twice removed calls Bay Tanner - a young, recently widowed, financial consultant - from the Beaufort County Jail, it's no accident. Mercer Mary Prescott spent a lot of time and trouble locating Bay on the family tree, and she needs more than bail out of the relationship. What she's really after is a secret she's not willing to reveal-yet. But when Bay generously takes Mercer back to the family mansion of Presqu'isle, she finds that this distant kin comes with a lot of p...

The SHARECROP Companion Guide provides historical context and lesson plans about sharecropping in the United States. This book can be used alone or in conjunction with the SHARECROP documentary (Stack Stories LLC 2017). SHARECROP features oral history of ten individuals who were involved in sharecropping during the segregation era. Sometimes called the "forgotten farmers," sharecroppers were vital to American agricultural production prior to mechanized agriculture. The film and companion g...

Visiting Grandma’s farm is more than an adventure.Grandma remembers friends while gazing at thebig BLUE prairie sky.What does BLUE have to do with God’s Friendship?Grandma knows.Find out in this exciting BLUE book.

Visiting Grandma’s farm is more than an adventure.It’s a chance to learn more about who God is.There’s more to the old red barn than expected.What does red have to do with kindness?Grandma knows.Find out in this exciting red book.