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    To Catch a Thief: An Appalachian Gothic Tale
    To Catch a Thief: An Appalachian Gothic Tale
    To Catch a Thief: An Appalachian Gothic Tale
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    To Catch a Thief: An Appalachian Gothic Tale

    By Jason A. Adams

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    Sheriff Larry Crabtree’s quiet Appalachian community hides a dark secret.

    From sickly young girls to dying cows, life drains from Larry’s town.

    Granny shares wisdom in Larry’s dreams.

    Larry must unlearn his common sense and rational ways.

    Belief must return if Larry hopes to save innocent lives.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpiral Publishing, Ltd.
    Release dateDec 8, 2018
    ISBN9788829569816
    To Catch a Thief: An Appalachian Gothic Tale

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      To Catch a Thief - Jason A. Adams

      To the memory of Granny Pearlie

      To Catch a Thief

      An Appalachian Gothic Tale

      Jason A. Adams

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      About Jason

      Also by Jason A. Adams

      1

      Sometimes an old dog’s nose is the only warning we get of the weird critters that seep through the walls of this world.

      Larry’s great-granny had taught him that before he could look across her battered old kitchen table without being up on his toes. The old herb woman been full of lessons her granny had brought over from the old country, stories of other times and places, and of the magic that grew right up out of the lush earth. You could feel it in the woods, she said. You could listen and hear the wind and the trees layin’ their plans.

      Larry used to love hearing her old voice drawin’ them other worlds down, sitting in one of the dark bentwood rockers while she twisted her cobweb hair up into its screaming bun, the air thick and hot and heavy as an old dowry quilt fresh from the washbucket. The critters, the normal critters, would be a-singin’ the summer to bed as the days got shorter and the temperature still soared.

      Granny Pearlie’s old homeplace

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