SHARYN McCRUMB

 

Bimbos of the Death Sun
The guest of honor at the annual Rubicon science fiction and fantasy convention is bestselling author Appin Dungannon--a tiny man with a towering ego, who reviles his fans as much as they revere him. But finally rubbing the wrong person the wrong way gets Dungannon done in. Is the mystery whodunit--or who wouldn't ?

 

Zombies of the Gene Pool
En route to a science-fiction convention in the 1950s, eight young men bury a time capsule containing short stories and cultural relics, but decades later, after a few of them become famous, the others scramble to dig it up again.

 

 

Lovely in Her Bones
When anthropology students Elizabeth MacPherson and her boyfriend, Milo, head for an archaeological dig at an Indian burial ground in the Appalachians, all they expect to unearth are interesting artifacts--not a killer with a penchant for using a tomahawk!

 

Missing Susan
Edgar winner McCrumb's beloved heroine Elizabeth MacPherson continues to chase down murder and mayhem in this intriguing sequel to The Windsor Knot. Elizabeth is visiting some of England's most famous crime scenes on a guided tour, when one of the tourists adds murder to the itinerary.

 

MacPherson's Lament
Forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson ventures to Danville, Virginia, where her brother faces fraud charges, and she uncovers a deadly secret stretching back to the Civil War.

 

Highland Laddie Gone
Elizabeth MacPherson expects to have fun celebrating her Scottish roots at the Glencoe Mountain Games, but the murder of the widely hated Colin Campbell dampens her enthusiasm and a second murder forces her to step in to solve the case.

 

If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
The first novel of the acclaimed "Ballard" series. When 1960's folk singer Peggy Muryan moves to a small Tennessee town seeking solitude, terror follows her--and so does trouble for the town's sheriff. From the author of "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" and "She Walks These Hills". A "New York Times" Notable Book.

 

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
When four members of the Underhill family are murdered, Laura Bruce agrees to become the guardian to the two surviving children, unaware that the local seer, Nora Bonesteel, predicts tragedy for her.

 

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him...
"If I'd killed him when I met him . . . I'd be out of jail by now." That's the lament of two women suspected of husband-killing in crime-solving forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson's most challenging--and chilling--case.

 

Paying the Piper
On an isolated Scottish island, nine archaeologists are digging. Eight are digging ruins. One is digging graves. Among the dwindling, yet still diligent diggers is Elizabeth MacPherson, part graduate student, part sleuth. She is the first to suspect something--but can her skills save her life?

 

She Walks These Hills
Applying her psychic talents to two mysterious cases, policewoman Martha Ayers attempts to settle local superstitions about a two-hundred-year-old ghost while tracking down an escaped prisoner.

 

The Rosewood Casket
A dying man's sons are gathering to his deathbed, but so is a local real estate developer hungering for the family farm. The old man's death will involve generations in a time-honored tradition and in a battle in which dark secrets of the past will unfold. The Appalachian mountains and their history serve as a backdrop for a novel which is hard to easily categorize, but which will best please fans of historical fiction.

 

Foggy Mountain Breakdown : And Other Stories
McCrumb provides a rare glimpse of a remote world. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she does not sentimentalize the South.... a collection in which the best pieces ... have an austere brilliance.
The New York Times

 

The Ballad of Frankie Silver
The fifth novel set in the Appalachian wilderness blending legends and folklore with high suspense.
A career lawman will bear witness to the final judgement, as a man he put away twenty years ago is about to be excecuted for the brutal slaying of two hikers. However, his conscience is no longer clear to the point of absolute certainty about the man's guilt.

 

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