Devil Amongst the Lawyers

This is one of the books that I bought when I visited BAM!. It is by an author whose books I've read, but not for some time. Those earlier books involved a regular cast of characters who I grew to like.  Those books were:

• She Walks These Hills
• If I Ever Return Pretty Peggy-O
• The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
• Ghost Riders

All of the stories of hers that I’ve read take place in Appalachia. This book deals with a crime that actually occurred in the late 1930s. The main theme of the book is the subjective nature of the media and how they can influence an event by how they write about it. While I think she has a good point, most of the characters in this book did not engage me like the other books I have read. She does present background on Nora Bonesteel – a regular character in the books, which I enjoyed . In this book, Nora is 10 years old or so and just starting to come to terms with having the “Sight.”

Devil Amonst the Lawyers by Sharyn McCrumb (2011, 336 pgs)