The Lost Equation Game

About the Book

"Bill is missing," Woody Chernault writes to Jean Bennedine Magruder who is living the Happy Hour life in an Atlanta apartment. So begins the "game" which, if brought to final reckoning, will endanger her life. Responding to the call for assistance, Jean revisits her life and times which include an unsuccessful marriage, a deceased child, and a thwarted love. With enemies all around her, the beautiful daughter of an illustrious Virginia family ventures back once again onto hallowed soil---Beyrance Springs College, a small men's school whose beginnings date back to the late 1780's. This Presbyterian community is also home to diverse human beings like Mona George and Amos Doppol, Miss Willie, Moira Davenport and the Reverend Sommers Martin who proclaims Telefax County "the greenest spot in the universe". What Jean discovers is the mystery.

About the Author

Emily Blake Vail enjoys writing in many genres: novels, children’s fiction, non-fiction, short stories, and poems. ”POEMS from TIME PAST: Cross-Roads, Byways, Destinations” is her second published poetry book, following the 2008 publication of “POEMS … this fragile earth” (both Xlibris publications). In both volumes she comments on and confirms her experiences of life in the twentieth century. Ms. Vail’s published books include: The Ghost Shrimp, The Burlap Bag, Dark Night on Mimosa Trail, The Grey Ghost of the Pharaoh, Carla and the Con Men (Wright Books); The Lost Equation Game, The Spindleburne Spectre, Mist in the Heart, The Search for Ole Ben’s Treasure, Sue and Charley, Jonah & the Edge ( Xlibris). Short stories appeared in a collection by Pen and Pica Writers entitled “ The Night The Animals Screamed “. Ms. Vail’s occupations over time have included editing, teaching (high school and college), church choir director and soloist, volunteer coordinator, boutique manager, mother, and college administrator wife. With degrees from Birmingham-Southern College (A.B); Georgia State University ( M.A. in Medieval English literature), and the University of Georgia (Med in counseling) she has assumed many roles and participated in varying activities---some leading to the writing of novels and poems. A member of several writers’ groups, she is presently active in the Atlanta Branch, National League of American Pen Women. In 1997-99 she served as President of the Georgia Poetry Society. She continues to be an active member of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church and sings in the choir.