The Unquiet Grave: A Novel

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Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers the Devil Answers and The Ballad of Tom Dooley, a “fascinating historical fiction novel you won’t be able to put down” (Bustle) based on one of the strangest murder trials in American history—the case of the Greenbrier Ghost.

Lakin, West Virginia, 1930: Following a suicide attempt and consigned to a segregated insane asylum, attorney James P.D. Gardner finds himself under the care of Dr. James Boozer. Testing a new talking cure for insanity, Boozer encourages his elderly patient to share his experiences as the first black attorney to practice law in 19th-century West Virginia. His memorable case: defending a white man on trial for the murder of his young bride—a case that the prosecution based on the testimony of a ghost.

Greenbrier, West Virginia, 1897: Beautiful, willful Zona Heaster has always lived in the mountains. Despite her mother’s misgivings, Zona marries the handsome Erasmus Trout Shue, Greenbrier’s newest resident and blacksmith. Her mother learns of her daughter’s death weeks later. A month after the funeral, Zona’s mother makes a chilling claim to the county prosecutor: her daughter was murdered, and she was told this by none other than Zona’s ghost...

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.

Chapters

  • UnquietGrave 01 Open

    Duration: 34s
  • UnquietGrave 02 Ch1

    Duration: 11min
  • UnquietGrave 03 Ch2

    Duration: 23min
  • UnquietGrave 04 Ch3

    Duration: 29min
  • UnquietGrave 05 Ch4

    Duration: 16min
  • UnquietGrave 06 Ch5

    Duration: 25min
  • UnquietGrave 07 Ch6

    Duration: 36min
  • UnquietGrave 08 Ch7

    Duration: 22min
  • UnquietGrave 09 Ch8

    Duration: 29min
  • UnquietGrave 10 Ch9

    Duration: 35min
  • UnquietGrave 11 Ch10

    Duration: 19min
  • UnquietGrave 12 Ch11

    Duration: 30min
  • UnquietGrave 13 Ch12

    Duration: 35min
  • UnquietGrave 14 Ch13

    Duration: 28min
  • UnquietGrave 15 Ch14

    Duration: 37min
  • UnquietGrave 16 Ch15

    Duration: 10min
  • UnquietGrave 17 Ch16

    Duration: 10min
  • UnquietGrave 18 Ch17

    Duration: 19min
  • UnquietGrave 19 Ch18

    Duration: 03min
  • UnquietGrave 20 Ch19

    Duration: 40min
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