The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb (Paperback) 1993. First edition Onyx Books.
Ballad Series No 2.
Everyone in Dark Hollow, Tennesee, knew that old Nora Bonesteel had "the Sight." So naturally she was the first to know about the murder-suicide. Four members of the Underhill family lay dead on a run-down farm, and the two children who survived had no one left. Only the minister's wife, Laura Bruce, was willing to be their guardian.
The grisly case was supposed to be "open
Book cover shows wear, small bend on corner cover. Good reading copy
