Sharyn McCrumb

When forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson becomes the official P.I. for her brother Bill's fledgling Virginia law firm, she quickly takes on two complex cases.  Eleanor Royden, a perfect lawyer's wife for twenty years, has shot her ex-husband and his wife in cold blood. And Donna Jean Morgan is implicated in the death of her Bible-thumping bigamist husband.
Bill's feminist firebrand partner, A. P. Hill, does her damnedest for...

Suddenly thrust into the role of primary caretaker for her family following the tragic death of her husband, Ellie Robbins is appointed to serve out his term as sheriff of their rural Tennessee mountain town. The year is 1936, and her role is largely symbolic, except for the one task that only a sheriff can do: execute a convicted prisoner. Ellie has long proven she can handle herself. But becoming sheriff is altogether different, and the demands...

Spencer Arrowood was a young, untried deputy sheriff when his testimony helped convict a Tennessee youth for the brutal slaying of two hikers along the Appalachian Trail. Now, twenty years later, Spencer receives an invitation to an execution. After two decades on death row, a date has finally been set to strap Fate Harkryder into the chair and throw the switch. But time has eroded Spencer's moral certainty of guilt and raised the specter of another

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Rowan Rover has been asked to murder Susan and he has accepted although he has misgivings.

Sharyn McCrumb is widely recognized for her incisive wit and deft social awareness. In The PMS Outlaws, McCrumb adds a fresh addition to the chronicles of Elizabeth MacPherson. Other novels in the series include MacPherson's Lament and Missing Susan. Elizabeth, deeply troubled by the death of her husband, has checked into a mental institution for treatment. There, she meets a host of colorful patients, each with their own quirky point of view. Meanwhile,...

Elizabeth pushes up her wedding date to Cameron when she learns that he has been invited to a garden party whose guest list includes the Queen herself.

The Glencoe Scottish games-a summer festival where several hundred kilt-clad Americans celebrate their Scottish roots-is off to a bad start when Colin Campbell, a troublemaker from the Campbell clan, is found dead in his cottage with a skian dubh in his chest.