Category Archives: Shaber, Sarah

Sarah R. Shaber. The Fugitive King. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2002.

In 1958 Roy Freeman, a Melungeon man from Kentucky, plead guilty to murdering his girlfriend to avoid being lynched or facing the death penalty. When the girlfriend’s remains are found more than 40 years later in a rusty pickup in … Continue reading

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Sarah Shaber. Snipe Hunt. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000.

Raleigh professor and “forensic historian” Simon Shaw was supposed to be spending his Thanksgiving week relaxing at Pearlie Beach, but he agreed to help his friend look for archaeological evidence of a Tuscarora village while he was there. What he … Continue reading

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Sarah Shaber. Simon Said. New York: St. Martin’s, 1997.

Professor Simon Shaw knows everything there is to know about Kenan College’s Bloodworth House–in fact, he literally wrote the book on the historic home. So, when a 50-year old corpse with a bullet-hole in its skull is uncovered during an … Continue reading

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Filed under 1990-1999, 1997, Mystery, Novels in Series, Piedmont, Shaber, Sarah, Wake

Sarah Shaber. The Professor Simon Shaw Mysteries.

Simon Said. New York: St. Martin’s, 1997. Snipe Hunt. New York: St. Martin’s, 2000. The Fugitive King. New York: St. Martin’s, 2002. The Bug Funeral. New York: St. Martin’s, 2004. Shell Game. New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007. Simon Shaw … Continue reading

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