Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past
by Sharyn McCrumb
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Pub. Date: October 7, 2014
ISBN: 978-1426754210
Pages: 160
Buy Link: Amazon
Review:
There may be candy and Halloween costumes in the department stores and horror movies on television this month, but for bookstores this month means a surge of new Christmas title, including Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past by Sharyn McCrumb!
The 160-page novella features the return of characters from the author's other novels, such as Nora Bonesteel, who finds an odd visitor on her doorsteps on Christmas Eve - Shirley Haverty, a woman she rarely sees, as normally Shirley and her husband spend the winter in Florida, but their love for the land, resulted in them buying the old Honeycutt farmhouse. It seems Shirley and her husband have been experiencing strange occurrences in their home, leading Shirley to suspect that the house is haunted. After hearing about Nora's expertise for the supernatural, Shirley is seeking her help.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Spencer Arrowood and Deputy Joe LeDonne aren't exactly spending Christmas Eve as they thought they would, as they are on their way to serve an arrest warrant for a hit-and-run to J.D. Shull.
Its been awhile since I have read a book by Sharyn McCrumb, but I do remember reading The Ballad of Frankie Silver and The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, so I do recall a few of the characters that appear in Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past, which intertwines two different stories. Nora Bonesteel is an interesting character with a Ghost Whisperer-type abilities, who volunteers to unravel a mystery on Christmas Eve. The author does a great job of blending a bit of history with fiction. Overall, Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past is wonderful read and I recommend it to others.
*Disclaimer - I received a complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.
About the Author:
Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times best-selling author of The Rosewood Casket, The Ballad of Tom Dooley, and many other acclaimed novels. She lives and writes in the Virginia Blue Ridge, less than 100 miles from where her family settled in 1790 in the Smoky Mountains that divide North Carolina and Tennessee.
Visit her website at: www.sharynmccrumb.com
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