Spirits — Peggy Darty

Elizabeth and Michael Calloway, characters from Darty's Promises and Memories, take a working vacation to a lovely valley in eastern Tennessee-the setting for the author's first Palisades, Angel Valley. Their assignment: to find a missing woman. But the folk who live in the hidden coves and forgotten hollows of the Smoky Mountains are suspicious of strangers. Only with the help of an expert guide-a writer familiar with mountain legend and lore-are they allowed to enter the backcountry world of the Smokies, a world of superstitions and strange tales. Meeting the myths head on with their Christian faith, Michael and Elizabeth unravel a baffling mystery.