num_pages: 210
description: A gruesome murder leads Professor Peter Shandy to uncover an ancient Viking curse. When 105-year-old Hilda Horsefall tells young reporter Cronkite Swope of a stone carved with Norse runes that once sat in the nearby woods, the writer starts salivating at the thought of breaking the news that Vikings once marauded through their sleepy Massachusetts countryside. But while he's jotting down notes, a scream rings out, and Cronkite finds an even bigger story. A farmhand has been burned to death by quicklime, and Cronkite gets an exclusive scoop.  In this neck of New England, strange deaths are invariably referred to Professor Peter Shandy, the only local with the know-how to connect fearsome quicklime to the Vikings of old. But as he digs into the ancient mystery, he finds the forgotten Norse gods are not above demanding a modern sacrifice.
language: English
title: Wrack and Rune
titlecomplete: Wrack and Rune (Peter Shandy #3)
characters: Ralph Horsefall, Wilbur J. Olson, Ralph Horsefall Jr., Helen Shandy, Cronkite Swope, Jeff Lewis, Brinkley Swope, Mirelle Feldster, Bill Swope, Sieglinde Svenson, Jessica Tate, Hilda Horsefall, Jolene Horsefall, Henny Horsefall, Huntley Swope, Spurge Lumpkin, Laurie Ames, Loretta Fescue, Lumpkinton police chief, Dr. Sven Svenson, Betsy Lomax, Eddie Horsefall, Gunder Gaffson, Canute Lumpkin, Tim Ames, Royall Ames, Grace Porbles, Marie Horsefall, Fergy Black, Dr. Howland Melchett, Millicent Peavey, Fesky Fescue, Thorkjeld Svenson, Peter Shandy
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Humor, Mystery Thriller, College, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1727
places: Lumpkin Corners, Massachusetts
series: Peter Shandy
publisher: Collins Crime Club