Randall Stargill's imminent death stirs up the living and the dead, with a real estate developer poised to snap up the Stargill's Appalachian farm, Randall's four sons trying to deal with each other and the demands left by their dying father, and an old sweetheart hoping to lay a long-held secret to rest.

This mild-mannered mystery, number nine in the Elizabeth MacPherson series from versatile writer McCrumb (Bimboes of the Death Sun; If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him), is a humorous, fast-paced story. When we join MacPherson, she has just checked into the Cherry Hill Psychiatric Hospital to deal with depression brought on by the death of her husband. Meanwhile, struggling Virginia lawyer Bill MacPherson, Elizabeth's brother, has purchased an old mansion...

"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 symbolic except for the one task that only a sheriff can do: execute a convicted prisoner"--Provided by publisher.

John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution. Homesteading in the Carolina mountains, Sevier was too busy, but when an arrogant British officer sends a message, threatening to burn the settlers' farms and kill their families, the war becomes personal. That abrasive officer is British Army Major Patrick Ferguson, the younger son of a Scottish earl. Ferguson suffers constant misfortunes, making his dedication and courage count...

While planning her wedding in five weeks and working on her doctorate, Elizabeth MacPherson tackles an unusual mystery.

Hoping to get another chance at racing, former stock car driver Harley Claymore leads a group of tourists on a guided tour of Southern speedways, only to watch as the trip becomes a memorial pilgrimage in honor of NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, Sr. He'll take the "Number Three Pilgrims" through seven states in eight days, watching them lay wreaths in honor of "The Intimidator." As the bust rolls onward, miracles begin happening. Prayers are answered,...

Skipping back and forth in time from the 18th to the late 20th century, and drawing on her own family history, McCrumb tells two stories in her appealing new novel, one heading toward, the other returning to, the Appalachians. In the present-day sections, 83-year-old John Walker is slowly dying in the eastern Tennessee town where he has lived most of his life, while his estranged daughter, Linda Walker better known as the country singer Lark McCourry...

The Hamelin High School class of 1966 plans a grand reunion. In the meantime, a famous singer has bought the town mansion and is stalked by a killer.

In 1861 the Civil War reached the mountainous South--where the enemy was you neighbor, the victims were your friends, and the wrong army was whichever one you joined. When Malinda Blalock's husband, Keith, joined the army, she dressed as a boy and went with him. They spent the war close to home in the North Carlina mountains, acting as Union guerilla fighters, raiding the farms of Confederate sympathizers making as much trouble as they could locally....

A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording reimagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched account that reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.