{"product_id":"well-of-deception-9781965766262","title":"Well of Deception","description":"\u003cb\u003eEveryone knows who killed Maggie Schneider. But why? \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the morning of March 14, 1958, breeder Maggie Schneider, the Poultry Queen of Lipan County, is shot and killed while feeding her prize-winning, White Holland turkeys on her farm in south central Texas. Everyone knows who did it, but finding the killer isn't so easy. The search uncovers a troubled family history of insanity, accidental deaths, and suicides. Was Maggie Schneider's murder the result of a tainted bloodline, a family feud gone too far, or something more sinister? \u003cbr\u003e Inspired by true events, novelist Cynthia Leal Massey weaves an intricate tale that spans the decades from the Great Depression to the crippling drought of the fifties. This is not a whodunnit. The mystery here is more profound: \u003ci\u003eWhy did he do it? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCYNTHIA LEAL MASSEY is a former corporate editor, college instructor, and magazine editor. She has published hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and several award-winning books, including \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Texas Ranger, A True Story of Murder and Vengeance on the Texas Frontier, \u003c\/i\u003e which won a San Antonio Conservation Society Publication Award and a Will Rogers Silver Medallion Award, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Lies Beneath, Texas Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards\u003c\/i\u003e, also a SACS Award winner. \u003cbr\u003e Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eFire Lilies\u003c\/i\u003e, a saga of the Mexican Revolution, was an Electronic Publishing Industry Coalition Award Finalist for Best Historical Fiction and its sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Caballeros of Ruby, Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, was a WILLA Literary Award Finalist for Best Original Softcover Fiction. \u003cbr\u003e Cynthia also won the Lone Star Award for Magazine Journalism for her article \"Is UT Holding Our History Hostage?\" published in \u003ci\u003eScene in SA Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. The article was also a finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters O. Henry Award for Magazine Journalism. \u003cbr\u003e Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Cynthia has resided in Helotes, twenty miles northwest of the Alamo City since 1994. She served on the town's city council for sixteen years. She holds a master's degree in English from St. Mary's University in San Antonio. A full-time writer, she is a past president of Women Writing the West and a member of Western Writers of America. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWell of Deception\u003c\/i\u003e, a historical crime mystery set in a fictional Texas county, was inspired by a true story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stoney Creek Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648831029522,"sku":"9781965766262","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62116c7a-a9dd-450e-9273-e518b3e045c4.jpg?v=1759835188","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/well-of-deception-9781965766262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}