An Edgar Award-winning Author

Fever Devilin, now a college professor and noted folklorist of Appalachia, he has returned to the deceptively quiet life among his hill-country people. When Truevine Deveroe, a local girl reputed to be a witch, goes missing and the local mortician turns up dead near Devilin's home, Fever finds himself in the midst of a very difficult situation. With very little time, and lives at stake, he must unravel the mystery.