"Eloquent, lyrical, and richly textured . . . There is no one quite like McCrumb] among present-day writers. No one better either." --"San Diego Union-Tribune
"With a career spanning decades, and superlatives from reviewers nationwide--whose bestselling novels have been named Notable Books by t[...]
"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 McCrumb's crowning achievements.In 1833 Frankie Silver was an eighteen-year-old girl convicted of murder[...]
Sheriff Spencer Arrowood keeps the peace in his small Tennessee town most of the time. Every once in a while, though, something goes wrong.
When 1960s folksinger Peggy Muryan moves to town seeking solitude and a career comeback, and she receives a postcard with a threatening message, her [...]
When forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson becomes the official P.I. for her brother Bill's fledgling Virginia law firm, she quickly takes on two complex cases. Eleanor Royden, a perfect lawyer's wife for twenty years, has shot her ex-husband and his wife in cold blood. And Donna Jean Mo[...]
The Ballad of Tom Dooley "is a literary triumph--what began as a fictional re-telling of the historical account of one of the most famous mountain ballads of all time became an astonishing revelation of the real culprit responsible for the murder of Laura Foster
"Hang down your head, Tom Dooley.[...]
When someone buys the old Honeycutt house, Nora Bonesteel is glad to see some life brought back to the old mansion, even if it is by summer people. But when they decide to stay through Christmas, they find more than old memories in the walls. On Christmas Eve, Sheriff Spencer Arrowood and Deputy Jo[...]