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I'm always on the look out for books (fiction) taking place in Virginia. Of course there are Patricia Cornwell's and I have a few others: Rainbow in the Mist, Phyllis A. Whitney True Betrayals, Nora Roberts Virginia, Cathy Marie Hake I welcome any suggestions.
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Annie Dillard, Lee Smith, and Adriana Trginiani (sp?) all write about SW Virginia. |
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Rita Mae Brown has two series that are set in Virginia. Marliss Melton's SEAL series is mainly Vriginia. Last Edited on: 4/7/08 7:37 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Rita Mae Brown's series mysteries take place in Virginia. She has the Mrs. Murphy series (animals talk to one another and they are cozy mysteries) and another series that centers around fox hunting, the Jane Arnold series. There's the James Reasoner Civil War series, historical novels, generational novels I guess you'd call them. I haven't read them but my wife enjoyed at least the first couple in the series. I don't read much fiction, and this book isn't fiction, but I enjoyed it. An American Homeplace, by Donald McCaig. It's been awhile since I read it, but I enjoyed it. It's a series of essays written by a man who I think was from NYC and went to live in rural Virginia. Les Sorry, Karen, didn't see your post. I'm a very slow typist ... Last Edited on: 4/7/08 7:51 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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"The Mammoth Cheese" by Sheri Holman is set in rural Virginia, where Holman grew up. |
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Another mystery series set in Virginia is the Meg Lansgslow series by Donna Andrews. The first one, Murder with Peacocks, was quite funny. If you've never read Sophie's Choice, a small part of the story takes place in Virginia, and the protagonist is from Virginia. Follow the River by James Alexander Thorn - about the Mary Ingles captivity - is historical fiction. I haven't read it, but my wife enjoyed it. Haunted by Heather Graham takes place in Virginia. My wife did not care for it, but her best friend has read it 3 times. Different strokes for different folks. |
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Stop You're Killing me has a location index.<-------West Virginia Stop You're Killing Me,<----------Virginia These are mysteries by the way=) Last Edited on: 4/7/08 9:54 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Many thanks for the suggestions. There are many that sound interesting. |
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James A Michener's Chesapeake is an awesome book that is an excellent historical fiction novel about the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia. I highly recommend it. |
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Tom Clancy has several books that occur in and around Virginia. I like it when that hap;pens because I live in VA, and I'm always trying to figure out if I'm familiar to that location. LOL!! |
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Angela Hunt's The Truth Teller takes place in Charlottesville, VA Linda Nichol's In Search of Eden takes place in Abingdon, VA Christy Barritt's Hazardous Duty takes place in the Hampton Roads area (where i'm from!!) |
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TIDEWATER BLOOD takes place in, surprise, Tidewater! On the non-fiction side Barbara Kingsolver's ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE takes place in Abingdon.
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OK, I've got to stay off these forums. Each time I sign on I find more and more that I just have to read. So many books, so little time. |
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Something a little different from David Baldacci, title is Wish you well. |
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