Grave Deeds

As well as being an accomplished novelist, with two mysteries published in two years, Betsy Struthers is a poet; her third collection of poems, Running Out of Time, has been named runner-up for the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award. Readers of Struthers' mysteries will enjoy the poet's care with language, and her ability to bring locales and characters to vivid life. Betsy Struthers is currently plotting the third Rosalie Cairns adventure.

• Foreword; The Huis and Where They Came From; The Formation of the Hui Zu; The Fate of the Hui During and After the Qing Dynasty; Further Assimilation of Minorities and its effects of Muslims; How the Hui Zu Lives in China; Influential Muslim Personalities; Admiral Zheng He and His Achievements; Contributions of the Chinese Muslims; The Staunchness of the Chinese Muslims.