Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 4/16/2009 + 1568 more book reviews

One of several of McCrumb's novels set in the Appalachian wilderness blending legends and folklore with high suspense. An engrossing tale.

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In 1833 Frankie Silver became the first woman in North Carolina to be hanged for murder. But what really happened so long ago becomes an obsession for Spencer Arrowood, the local sheriff, as the parallels between Frankie and Fate, between two crimes more than a hundred years apart, become as clear--and as shocking--as the single truth that joins two condemned souls.

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