Vicki Lane Books in Order

Widowed farmer Elizabeth Goodweather helps a neighbor investigate her son's disappearance while gathering ginseng in Appalachia. Retracing his movements takes Elizabeth through unfamiliar local beliefs and toward a killer concealed in the hills surrounding her home.

A performance artist's murder and the history of a remarkable piece of folk art draw Elizabeth Goodweather into an Appalachian mystery. Protecting her infatuated nephew, she navigates tensions between traditional rural communities and Asheville's newer artistic circles.

Elizabeth Goodweather's daughter Rosemary returns to their North Carolina farm determined to solve her childhood friend's disappearance nineteen years earlier. Their investigation uncovers complicated family relationships and Cherokee legends surrounding a mystery neither has been able to forget.

After Elizabeth Goodweather intervenes in an elderly neighbor's suicide attempt, the woman's sprawling house reveals a troubled past. Suspicious deaths, local legends, and violence pull Elizabeth into overlapping mysteries while an unseen killer watches her investigation.

Raised amid cruelty and isolation, the girl called Least develops a connection to Appalachian folklore, healing, and unseen voices. In old age, a criminal's threat to a child forces her to reconsider promises that suppressed those powers.

Created for Malaprop’s Bookstore’s thirtieth anniversary, this comic serial novel was written chapter by chapter by twelve authors from or near Western North Carolina. Alan Gratz contributes “The Silence of the Llamas” to the collaborative tale.

Elizabeth Goodweather's sister Gloria arrives at Full Circle Farm claiming her latest lover wants to kill her. Elizabeth doubts the story, but family tensions and concerns about her own approaching marriage draw her into secrets linking past and present.

In Civil War North Carolina, a divided mountain community faces violence as Confederate troops target suspected Union supporters. This historical novel reimagines the Shelton Laurel Massacre through the lives and conflicting loyalties of people caught in its aftermath.