A review by kimmerp
The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb

Read this for my murder mystery book club and read it only because I felt I needed to finish. This is really an Appalachian family story and no real mystery. A couple people in my book club LOVED this book, but the story lacked any tension and driving interest and the characters were blah. The sense of place and of a crumbling historical timeline are great themes, but cannot make up for pendantic writing.