The Unquiet Grave by Sharyn McCrumb.

Sharyn McCrumb is clearly one of the most distinguished contemporary Appalachian authors. This is the 13th novel in McCrumb’s Ballad Series. Running concurrently were her three St. Dale novels proceeded by nine Elizabeth MacPherson novels and two Jay Omega novels. She has also authored two short story collections. Two of her novels were on New York Times best-seller lists, and she has won numerous awards including the Library of Virginia’s “Virginia Women in History” award. Her books have been translated into eleven languages, and she has lectured widely, including at Oxford University and the Smithsonian Institution. She was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and raised in Greenville, North Carolina, but drawn to the Appalachia of her forbearers, and lives near the Appalachian Trail north of Roanoke.  The Unquiet Ghost is the ghost of Zona Hester, the Greenbrier Ghost, arguably the most famous ghost in West Virginia folklore. Hester’s mother claims in 1897 that her daughter’s ghost i