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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Fawcett Books
Publication date
September 1, 1991
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345369062
ISBN-10
0345369068
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Original list price
$7.99
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Unquiet Grave: A Novel | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | King's Mountain | The Ballad of Tom Dooley | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | The Rosewood Casket | The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
The Unquiet Grave: A Novel | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | King's Mountain | The Ballad of Tom Dooley | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | The Rosewood Casket | The Devil Amongst the Lawyers
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A reissue of the first novel, named a Notable Book by The New York Times, in the author's Ballad series brings together the sheriff of a small Tennessee town and a female folksinger who begins receiving death threats. Reissue.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sheriff Spencer Arrowood keeps the peace in his small Tennessee town most of the time. Every once in a while, though, something goes wrong.
When 1960s folksinger Peggy Muryan moves to town seeking solitude and a career comeback, and she receives a postcard with a threatening message, her idyll is shattered. Then a local girl who looks like Peggy vanishes without a trace.
Although she was once famous, Peggy has no fondness for the old times. Those days are best left forgotten for Spencer Arrowood, too. But sometimes the past can't rest, and those who try to forget it are doomed to relive it....
When 1960s folksinger Peggy Muryan moves to town seeking solitude and a career comeback, and she receives a postcard with a threatening message, her idyll is shattered. Then a local girl who looks like Peggy vanishes without a trace.
Although she was once famous, Peggy has no fondness for the old times. Those days are best left forgotten for Spencer Arrowood, too. But sometimes the past can't rest, and those who try to forget it are doomed to relive it....
Editions
Hardcover
from Scribner (April 1, 1990)
9780684191041 | details & prices | List price $17.95
About: Sheriff Spencer Arrowood investigates the threatening messages being sent to Peggy Muryan, a famous folksinger of the 1960s, who has returned to her hometown of Hamelin, Tennessee, in search of peace and quiet
About: Sheriff Spencer Arrowood investigates the threatening messages being sent to Peggy Muryan, a famous folksinger of the 1960s, who has returned to her hometown of Hamelin, Tennessee, in search of peace and quiet
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Fawcett Books (September 1, 1991)
9780345369062 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Sheriff Spencer Arrowood investigates the threatening messages being sent to Peggy Muryan, a famous folksinger of the 1960s, who has returned to her hometown of Hamelin, Tennessee, in search of peace and quiet
About: Sheriff Spencer Arrowood investigates the threatening messages being sent to Peggy Muryan, a famous folksinger of the 1960s, who has returned to her hometown of Hamelin, Tennessee, in search of peace and quiet
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