Books written by Sharyn McCrumb

Transgressions: Ten Novellas from Transgressions

Ed McBain was born in 1956, when Evan Hunter was thirty years old. I am both of these people. What happened was that Pocket Books, Inc., had published the paperback edition of The Blackboard Jungle (by Evan Hunter) and wanted to know if ...
Transgressions Vol. 4: The Resurrection Man/The Corn Maiden/Hostages

New York Times bestsellers Sharyn McCrumb, Joyce Carol Oates, and Anne Perry each provided a brand-new, never-before-published tale for this unique collection of stories edited by New York Times bestselling author and mystery legend Ed ...
Charles Vess' Book of Ballads and Sagas

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Green Man Press Presents Ballads

Green Man Press Presents Ballads
Partners in Crime: A Mystery Anthology

A collection of short mysteries features investigating partners, as authors Sharyn McCrumb, Susan Dunlap, Carolyn G. Hart, and others team up private investigators with amateur sleuths, mismatched cops, and rival attorneys. Original.
AZ Murder Goes . . . Artful

Compliation of papers presented at a conference in Scottsdale called ""AZ Murder Goes.
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O

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 peace and quiet
The PMS Outlaws: An Elizabeth MacPherson Novel

The PMS Outlaws is an outrageous parable of modern mores, where beauty is the weapon, and nobody is safe. *The New York Times Book Review
Ghost Riders: A Novel

Disguising herself as a boy to join the Union army alongside her husband, Malinda Blalock raids the farms of Confederate sympathizers and promotes the efforts of governor Zebulon Vance, who would protect Appalachian interests.
King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel

Drawn into the American Revolution by famous British officer Patrick Ferguson's threat against his settlement, John Sevier organizes the Carolina Overmountain Men militia and leads them through a pivotal victory against Tory forces.
The Unquiet Grave: A Novel

With her unique and “real knack for crafting full-bodied characters and using folklore to construct compelling plots” (Booklist), Sharyn McCrumb effortlessly demonstrates her place among the finest Southern writers at work today.
27 Views of Asheville: A Southern Mountain Town in Prose & Poetry

27 Views of Asheville presents a brightly colored, kaleidoscopic vision of a city lately come to prominence for its metropolitan ambience and cultural background. Here is place full of variety and surprise.
Malice Domestic 7

A thrilling collection of the most befuddling mysteries includes contributions from such masters of the genre as Stephanie Barron, Dean James, Amy Myers, and Michael Bond, and presents such cases as a deadly seance that brings about ...
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers: A Ballad Novel

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 to portray the defendant as a backwards ...
Paying the Piper

Forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson joins an archaeological expedition looking for evidence of prehistoric burial rituals in the Hebrides, but one-by-one the diggers succumb to a mysterious affliction.
Prayers the Devil Answers: A Novel

Suddenly thrust into the role of primary caretaker for her family following the tragic death of her husband, Ellie Robbins is appointed to serve out his term as sheriff of their rural Tennessee mountain town.
King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel

Peppered with lore and the authentic heart of the people in McCrumb's classic Ballads, this is an epic book that paints the brave action of Sevier and his comrades against a landscape of richly portrayed characters.
Missing Susan

Edgar Award winner Sharyn McCrumb brings you her sixth Elizabeh MacPherson mystery novel.
Highland Laddie Gone

“A cowboy hat? What's that—the Highland cowboy?” Suddenly he noticed the tent of a regional Scottish society. “Piedmont Highlanders. Piedmont Highlanders? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?” Their progress was slowed further.
The Ballad of Tom Dooley: A Ballad Novel

With the help of historians, lawyers, and researchers, Sharyn McCrumb visited the actual sites, studied the legal evidence, and uncovered a missing piece of the story that will shock those who think they already know what happened—and may ...