Tag Archives: Church life
Tamara Leigh. Restless in Carolina. Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah, 2011.
Bridget Pickwick Buchanan, despite her large (and at times tiresome) family, the wealthy Pickwicks of Pickwick, North Carolina, has never felt more alone. The free-wheeling, avid environmental advocate, with her head full of dreadlocks and sarcastic attitude, finds herself struggling … Continue reading
Mark Schweizer. The Countertenor Wore Garlic. Tryon, NC: SJMP Books, 2011.
It’s almost Halloween and little St. Barnabas Episcopal Church has yet another interim vicar–Oh, the horror! Fearghus McTavish is an Episcopal priest on a mission from his diocese in Aberdeen, Scotland to establish a sister church near Grandfather Mountain. With the Grandfather … Continue reading
Tamara Leigh. Southern Discomfort Series.
The Pickwick family certainly has their share of characters, no one will deny that. A wealthy clan with a large estate in the mountains of North Carolina, they have a reputation stretching back generations for swindling and conniving their way … Continue reading
Richard Helms. Thunder Moon. Detroit, MI: Five Star, 2011.
Police Chief Judd Wheeler is a man’s man. He would like nothing better than to have a cold beer while grilling some juicy steaks, spend quality time with his smart and sassy girlfriend, and run the small town of Prosperity … Continue reading
Lauren Myracle. Shine. New York: Amulet Books, 2011.
Patrick Truman was never afraid, or if he was it never showed. When his classmates called him a pansy or a fairy, when they stole his pants and left him trapped in the bathroom, when they knocked into him or … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Children & Young Adults, Mountains, Myracle, Lauren
Kat Meads. When the Dust Finally Settles. Spokane, WA: Ravenna Press, 2011.
Clarence Carter died unexpectedly, giggling at the irony of it all, flipped over and pinned under his Oliver tractor on account of a wayward tree stump. Bewildered but rather amused by suddenly finding himself a ghost, he wanders back through … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Currituck, Historical, Meads, Kat, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Cleveland Jones. The Firescalds Road to the Sky. Summerville, SC: Holy Fire Publishing, 2009.
The Firescalds Road to the Sky is the life story of a young boy, called simply RC, growing up during the 1950s and ’60s. As a small child, RC lives happily on his family’s farm in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains. … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Jackson, Jones, Cleveland, Mountains, Religious/Inspirational
Mark Schweizer. The Baritone Wore Chiffon. Hopkinsville, KY: St. James Music Press, 2004.
This second novel in the Liturgical Mysteries series has Hayden Konig hopping back and forth between his little mountain town of St. Germaine and the northern English city of York. Hayden is called to England to assist the local police … Continue reading
Mark Schweizer. The Alto Wore Tweed. Hopkinsville, KY: St. James Music Press, 2002.
In this novel, the first book in the Liturgical Mysteries series, we are introduced to Hayden Konig, the chief detective in (fictional) St. Germaine, North Carolina. St. Germaine is a quiet little mountain town, one that hardly needs a full-time … Continue reading
Frank A. Clarvoe. The Wonderful Way. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1956.
As a young man, Wilford Hollester was a good student with no particular sense of purpose, but when his mother dies, his life changes. Shocked by her death and touched by the kindness of the local bishop, Hollester becomes a … Continue reading
Filed under 1950-1959, 1956, Clarvoe, Frank A., Piedmont, Rockingham, Stokes
