Description: "Ms. McCrumb writes with quiet fire and maybe a little mountain magic....She plucks the mysteries from people's lives and works these dark narrative threads into Appalachian legends older than the hills. Like every true storyteller, she has the Sight." -- The New York Times Book Review on the Ballad Novels "There are few writers today who are able to blend past and present, tradition and law, legends and headlines in a wholly credible fashion--Tony Hillerman springs inevitably to mind. Sharyn McCrumb is another; her widely acclaimed Ballad series is one of the finest being written today." -- Bookpage "From snippets of rural life, scraps of memories, and fragments of tragedy, [McCrumb] has stitched together a vivid American heirloom." -- Newsday on the Ballad Novels "True to the language and culture of its time and place...the Ballad series could be headed for bestsellerdom." -- Library Journal "Being a McCrumb novel, The Devil Amongst the Lawyers brims with compelling characters who are passionate, flawed, and unforgettable." -- Rapid River Arts & Culture Magazine "With fluid writing and sensitive telling, McCrumb presents her Appalachian series as perfectly as dogwood in the spring." -- Houston Chronicle on the Ballad Novels "Ms. McCrumb may have written the Americana historical thriller of the year." -- Midwest Book Review on The Ballad of Tom Dooley "The old families who live in proud seclusion up in these hills produce a number of wise souls whose voices are pure poetry." -- The New York Times Book Review on The Devil Amongst the Lawyers

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