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Elizabeth MacPherson #2
Lovely in Her Bones
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"Who but Sharyn McCrumb can make a skull with a bullet hole funny? Those who like sardonic wit, slightly bent characters, and good fun will love LOVELY IN HER BONES."
Tony Hillerman
The sequel to SICK OF SHADOWS.
When an Appalachian dig to determine if an obscure Indian tribe in North Carolina can lay legal claim to the land they live on is stopped on account of murder, Elizabeth MacPherson -- eager student of the rites of the past and mysteries of the present -- starts digging deep. And when she mixes a little modern know-how with some old-fashioned suspicions, Elizabeth comes up with a batch of answers that surprise even the experts....
Tony Hillerman
The sequel to SICK OF SHADOWS.
When an Appalachian dig to determine if an obscure Indian tribe in North Carolina can lay legal claim to the land they live on is stopped on account of murder, Elizabeth MacPherson -- eager student of the rites of the past and mysteries of the present -- starts digging deep. And when she mixes a little modern know-how with some old-fashioned suspicions, Elizabeth comes up with a batch of answers that surprise even the experts....
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1,1985
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224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
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July 1, 1993 by Ballantine Books
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9780345360359
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0345360354
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English
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Sharyn McCrumb, an award-winning Southern writer, is best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, including the New York Times best sellers The Ballad of Tom Dooley, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, and The Songcatcher. Ghost Riders, which won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the national Audie Award for Best Recorded Books. The Unquiet Grave, a well-researched novel about West Virginia's Greenbrier Ghost, will be published in September by Atria, a division of Simon &Schuster.
Sharyn McCrumb, named a Virginia Woman of History by the Library of Virginia and a Woman of the Arts by the national Daughters of the American Revolution, was awarded the Mary Hobson Prize for Arts & Letters in 2014. Her books have been named New York Times and Los Angeles Times Notable Books. In addition to presenting programs at universities, libraries, and other organizations throughout the US, Sharyn McCrumb has taught a writers workshop in Paris, and served as writer-in-residence at King University in Tennessee, and at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York.
Sharyn McCrumb, an award-winning Southern writer, is best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, including the New York Times best sellers The Ballad of Tom Dooley, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, and The Songcatcher. Ghost Riders, which won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the national Audie Award for Best Recorded Books. The Unquiet Grave, a well-researched novel about West Virginia's Greenbrier Ghost, will be published in September by Atria, a division of Simon &Schuster.
Sharyn McCrumb, named a Virginia Woman of History by the Library of Virginia and a Woman of the Arts by the national Daughters of the American Revolution, was awarded the Mary Hobson Prize for Arts & Letters in 2014. Her books have been named New York Times and Los Angeles Times Notable Books. In addition to presenting programs at universities, libraries, and other organizations throughout the US, Sharyn McCrumb has taught a writers workshop in Paris, and served as writer-in-residence at King University in Tennessee, and at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York.
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This is not my favorite series by this author, but it's a quick light read. I think my major complaint is that although it's set up for Elizabeth to be the amateur detective, she doesn't really do much investigating, but figures the murderer out almost by accident. On the other hand, the characters are fun and the setting on an archeological dig works for me.
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very good
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A combination of CSI and the Andy Griffith show starring Barney Fife.
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Having read one of the ballad series, "Bimbos" and the first Elizabeth MacPherson book, I looked forward to this one.
It seems she had a difficult time getting this book going... I found the first two or three chapters to be tedious and stilted as she introduced the characters and tried to get the plot off the ground.
But.... once over that hurdle, the fun began, and the book became as enjoyable a read as the others.
I enjoy this author's sense of humour, and have the impression she must have a lot of fun with her writing.
Looking forward to reading my way through all her books!
It seems she had a difficult time getting this book going... I found the first two or three chapters to be tedious and stilted as she introduced the characters and tried to get the plot off the ground.
But.... once over that hurdle, the fun began, and the book became as enjoyable a read as the others.
I enjoy this author's sense of humour, and have the impression she must have a lot of fun with her writing.
Looking forward to reading my way through all her books!
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If it has skeletal remains chances are good, I liked it.
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Elizabeth McPherson is a sociology student as the book opens. She is fascinated with herbal healing methods, and when a close friend of hers offers to find a place for her on an archaeological dig that will place her near an aging woman who has studied herbal cures all her life, Elizabeth is eager to go.
The purpose of the dig is to help a small group of North Carolinians prove to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that they are indeed a legitimate tribe and deserve the protections afforded to the much larger and more prominent Cherokee nation. Indeed, if the group cannot prove its native American heritage, the land it holds will inevitably be sold to a strip-mining venture.
But the dig is jinxed from the get-go. Its director has a super-brief affair with his graduate student, whom he subsequently dispatches to a nearby library to do menial research as part of the dig.
Things get increasingly ugly when the director is murdered, a small-town deputy refuses to investigate seriously because he favors the strip mine project, and his replacement isn’t particularly competent. It’s up to Elizabeth to track down the killer. I enjoy this series. Elizabeth is highly likable, and McCrumb’s writing style is easy to read.
The purpose of the dig is to help a small group of North Carolinians prove to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that they are indeed a legitimate tribe and deserve the protections afforded to the much larger and more prominent Cherokee nation. Indeed, if the group cannot prove its native American heritage, the land it holds will inevitably be sold to a strip-mining venture.
But the dig is jinxed from the get-go. Its director has a super-brief affair with his graduate student, whom he subsequently dispatches to a nearby library to do menial research as part of the dig.
Things get increasingly ugly when the director is murdered, a small-town deputy refuses to investigate seriously because he favors the strip mine project, and his replacement isn’t particularly competent. It’s up to Elizabeth to track down the killer. I enjoy this series. Elizabeth is highly likable, and McCrumb’s writing style is easy to read.
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This second book of the Elizabeth MacPherson series is a clincher from the word go. The story stats with the finding of a skull with a bullet hole in it. Solving that mystery is easy. Who killed the well-known Anthropologist (his wife or the student he is sleeping with)and a voluntary digger on a crusade to protect Native American land to prevent strip mining of the land is a little trickier. Finished it in one day. The murderer is a surprise at the end. Funny and smart
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