The Moonshine Maiden

The Moonshine Maiden and other Lynch's Corner Short Stories is volume sixteen in the series. This volume covers the years 1893-1956 and has twenty stories: Murder at the Chicago World's Fair; the fallout from a lottery between a married couple; the burning of a witch; the Underground Railroad as found in the journals from that period; snake handling in a church; Gethsemane Monastery; a car that splits a family; an archaeological dig in Lynch's Corner that pits Fundamentalism against learning; moonshine and murder; a World War II plane crash and the mystery surrounding it; an election that ends in tragedy; and more. Mr. Summers has been praised for his last two novels, Shalimar and Ruadan. As one critic noted, Summers writes with verve and intelligence.