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Up Jumps the Devil by Maron, Margaret is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com Review Margaret Maron, author of Shooting at Loons and Southern Discomfort , continues her saga of change and transformation in fictional Colleton County, North Carolina, guided once again by District Court Judge Deborah Knott. Trouble comes to the county in Up Jumps the Devil with the arrival of the new interstate, which raises property values and pits neighbor against neighbor--even kin against kin. When two residents are killed after refusing to sell their land to real estate speculators, Judge Knott embarks on a quest to find the killer--or killers. The quest also forces her to take a hard look at her assumptions about her fellow townspeople and herself. From Publishers Weekly With vivid detail and engaging, credible characters, Maron's series featuring North Carolina district court judge Deborah Knott (Edgar winner Bootlegger's Daughter, etc.) brings to life fictional Colleton County and chronicles a charming but rapidly changing South. Here, the background is the suburbanization of the rural countryside less than an hour by superhighway from Raleigh. A few days after Dallas Stancil refuses to sell his land to a speculator, his stepson and wife murder him. Th

Who reads Up Jumps the Devil?

Author

Maron, Margaret

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Mystery, Fiction

Rating

3.82 / 5 (603 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14