The Aerie
Air Strip on Weeks Mountain
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Pat Halston had never thought of building a home for himself, let alone others, on top of a mountain . . . his thoughts were only for building a large working hangar where he could restore the forsaken planes of WWII. Pat and his wife Leslie persuade elderly Jake Weeks to sell them the top of his mountain. Soon an entire community develops. Intrigued by the thought of living on a mountaintop, eleven other couples eventually come to live on Weeks Mountain, which they aptly name The Aerie. Pat and Leslie welcome the newcomers as they arrive to add mystery, intrigue, romance and even murder to what they thought had started out to be a paradise for pilots.
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Flying over the flat, tree-covered top of Weeks Mountain in the foothills of the High Sierras on Sunday afternoon in the fall of 1983, Pat and Leslie Halston spot the perfect place to build a landing strip of their own. After persuading old Mr. Weeks to sell the land to him, Pat clears the mountaintop for his landing strip and a repair hangar. They name the place The Aerie and make it their home. Gradually, eleven other couples join them on the mountain, and The Aerie becomes a community. Personality differences cause friction among some of the residents—but then one of them turns up dead. Can the people living in The Aerie figure out which one of them is the killer—before it’s too late? In this mystery novel set in an Air Park, the people of The Aerie must determine who the killer among them is in order to protect their unique community.
About the Author
Marjorie Irish Randell is the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award for her book Searching for Friday’s Child, a biography of her brother who was lost in World War II. The Aerie is her first work of fiction. She lives in a retirement community in Seal Beach, California.