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Sharyn McCrumb
The imminent death of Randall Stargill his brought his four sons back to moutain farm that is the family’s unhappy home. For Nora, Randall’s sweetheart of long ago, his death…
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The New York Times Bestseller
Set in the Appalachian wilderness and blending legends and folklore with high suspense, this stellar novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, is considered one of…
From a winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, this crime story tells about the murder of a great chronicler of fantasy adventures.
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Elizabeth MacPherson must solve a mystery that links the present to the past when she takes a tour of the famous crime scenes of the British Isles, and the tour…
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Elizabeth MacPherson is part of an archaeological dig to help determine if an obscure Indian tribe in North Carolina can lay legal claim to the land they live on. Not…
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Sheriff Spencer Arrowood investigates the threatening messages being sent to Peggy Muryan, a famous folksinger of the 1960s, who has returned to her hometown of Hamelin, Tennessee, in search of…
Elizabeth MacPherson returns from England just in time to become involved in a case involving stolen Confederate gold.
The first-ever collection of Sharyn McCrumb’s short fiction, this is a literary quilting of old and new, offering award-winning works and two stories never before published. Chilling tales of suspense…
Southern sleuth Elizabeth MacPherson acts as official investigator for her brother’s Virginia law firm and tests her skills solving two sensational murders and a third crime unsolved for a century.
In this Depression-era novel, Ellie Robbins is appointed to serve out her husband’s term as sheriff of their rural Tennessee mountain town following his tragic death. The job is mostly…
The latest ballad novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Songcatcher tells the story of the Civil War in the Appalachians, based on actual events, where neighbors…
New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb looks deeply into the heart of America in this emotionally charged novel about love, miracles, and grassroots sainthood.
In the wake of a sensationalized 1934 trial involving an Appalachian Virginia teacher’s alleged murder of her tyrant father, novice journalist Carl Jennings is denounced by a greedy media determined…
Kimberley M. Holloway
This book is a first-of-its-kind treatment of the ballad novels of Sharyn McCrumb. It contains articles and essays about all aspects of McCrumb’s work, including literary criticism, interpretation, and practical…
