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Haunted Ballad Series

5 primary works • 5 total works
Each novel of the Haunted Ballad series shares the title with a well-known standard of traditional British folk music, and each interweaves the plot of the song with the plot of the ghost story.

Book 1

The Weaver and the Factory Maid
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3.76 · 157 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 2003 · 2 editions
Haunted by the ghosts of characters memorialized i…

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    Book 2

    The Famous Flower of Serving Men
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    3.98     · 121 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 2004 · 2 editions
    Certainly some of the events are real---or, to be …

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    Book 3

    Matty Groves
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    3.97     · 113 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2005 · 2 editions
    Ringan Laine has a prized invitation to perform wi…

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    Book 4

    Cruel Sister
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    3.86     · 103 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 2006 · 2 editions
    Penny Wintercraft-Hawkes's brother has returned fr…

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    Book 5

    New Slain Knight
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    3.87     · 92 Ratings · 17 Reviews · published 2007 · 3 editions
    It's summer in England, and---with nothing urgent …

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