false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172867488m/225776.jpg 225776 17 Sharyn McCrumb is one of the major wonders of the mystery world. Her books about forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson (including <I>Highland Laddie Gone</I>) are strong, meaty contemporary stories; her comic novels (<I>Bimbos of the Death Sun</I>, <I>Zombies of the Gene Pool</I>) are delightful satires. And then there's the jewel in her crown, the series known as the Ballad novels (including <I>The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter</I> and <I>The Rosewood Casket</I>) where the third-generation Appalachian resident McCrumb sews together what she calls "colored scraps of legends, ballads and fragments of rural life and local tragedy" into books that are like Appalachian quilts. <I>The Ballad of Frankie Silver</I> is the fifth in the Ballad series, and it might well be the best. The blend between the old story and the new is perfect, as Sheriff Spencer Arrowood digs into the 1832 case of the first woman ever hanged for murder in North Carolina--18-year-old Frankie Silver, charged with dismembering her husband--while some disturbing new evidence is surfacing about another, much more recent capital crime. If you have friends who don't read mysteries but liked <I>Cold Mountain</I>, pointing them toward McCrumb might be the start of something big. <i>--Dick Adler</i> 1175208 1997 The Ballad of Frankie Silver total:615|5:172|4:244|3:159|2:28|1:12| 615 2381 735 53 4 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 07:39:10 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 08:03:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 04:13:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 04:18:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:12:30 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 19:15:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 08:31:56 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 10:55:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 20 18:09:56 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 22:31:38 -0800 2009
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I liked. Not GREAT but good. ]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Apr 21 12:35:58 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 12:37:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 16:52:40 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 16:54:38 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 12:51:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 12:53:37 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=225776