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Salt Trails and a Murdered Woman in a Northern Forbess Saga
Edison Forbes and Patsy Jane relocate to a sparsely settled northern region after a fatal hit-and-run. A liquor-fueled night leads to Forbes’s arrest on circumstantial evidence, a governor’s pardon, and a move to a quarried cabin near Portage Creek. Back taxes loom as neighbor Isaiah Sealman hints at work while mystery lingers over a deer lick and mound.
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Edison Forbes
Scottdale
Libbey
Forbes
Eddie
Patsy Jane
Isaiah Sealman
Sealman
Long Portage
Sealman Place
Lake Huron
Huron
Portage County
Pat
Michigan