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    Paying the Piper
    Paying the Piper
    Paying the Piper
    Audiobook5 hours

    Paying the Piper

    Written by Sharyn McCrumb

    Narrated by Ian Stewart and Davina Porter

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Elizabeth has a plan for how she and her boyfriend Cameron can spend the summer together in Scotland. While Cameron researches the migratory patterns of seals, Elizabeth will join an archaeological dig on the nearby island of Banrigh. But Elizabeth's plans don't include a devastating plague which starts killing off her fellow crew members.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 6, 2010
    ISBN9781436147545
    Paying the Piper
    Author

    Sharyn McCrumb

    Sharyn McCrumb is an award-winning Southern writer, best known for her Appalachian “Ballad” novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Ballad of Tom Dooley and The Ballad of Frankie Silver. Ghost Riders won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Audie Award for Best Recorded Book. Named a Virginia Woman of History by the Library of Virginia and a Woman of the Arts by the Daughters of the American Revolution, McCrumb was awarded a merit award by the West Virginia Library Association in 2017 and the Mary Hobson Prize for Arts & Letters in 2014. Her books have been named New York Times and Los Angeles Times Notable Books.  

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      greatly series +++ ++ ++ ++ +++ ++ ++ +++
    • 4/5
      Elizabeth MacPherson finds herself on a remote Scottish island investigating a stone ring with a group of amateur archeologists. When an unexpected injury occures, a series of events follows which leaves two of the party dead and the rest ill. Thee resolution is satisfying.
    • 4/5
      Fast, interesting mystery! I will have to look for the rest of the series, I believe this was #4, but I didn't really feel like I was missing anything as their was plenty of current explanation about the relationship of the main character and her boyfriend.