The Weaver and the Factory Maid |
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| Author:
| Grabien, Deborah |
| Series title: | The Haunted Ballad Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-31422-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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| Imprint: | Minotaur Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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Haunted by the ghosts of characters memorialized in their songs, a pair of lovers must uncover the truth behind the ghosts' deaths. When Ringan Laine, British folk musician, becomes the owner of a restored eighteenth-century cottage, he discovers right away that the cottage and the ancient barn on Ringan's property are haunted. Ringan and his longtime lover Penny, researching the identity of their unwanted tenants, learn that they were a young...
More Description Haunted by the ghosts of characters memorialized in their songs, a pair of lovers must uncover the truth behind the ghosts' deaths.
When Ringan Laine, British folk musician, becomes the owner of a restored eighteenth-century cottage, he discovers right away that the cottage and the ancient barn on Ringan's property are haunted.
Ringan and his longtime lover Penny, researching the identity of their unwanted tenants, learn that they were a young couple, victims of a famous double murder in the year 1817 - their story the subject of a song that is a staple in Ringan's repertoire. And they must stage a full-scale musical exorcism to lay the ghostly couple to rest.
The Weaver and the Factory Maidis only the first in what promises to be an exciting new mystery series features the ghosts of characters in folk ballads.