Margins
Moonshine Creek book cover
Moonshine Creek
A Suspense Thriller
2022
First Published
4.38
Average Rating
526
Number of Pages

“I don’t have long now. “But I wanted to say goodbye and tell you this was no accident. It was a big black truck that ran me off the road...on purpose...” “Call Rem...find truck...promise me...love you guys.” The last words Courtland Alder ever heard from his wife were the pained gasps of a voicemail. A farewell as she sat along the side of the road, the front end of her car impaled against the thick trunk of an oak tree, expressing how much she loved him and how proud of him she was. Before telling him to call his brother and find the man who did it. Reeling from the devastation of such a loss, Courtland is joined by his older brother Remington, the two of them forced to sift through his wife’s seemingly idyllic life. A young attorney who started her career in corporate law before moving into nonprofit work eighteen months ago, dedicating her time to helping those less fortunate. A client base inadvertently taking her across paths some of Austin’s seedier underbelly. Overlords and business interests with many secrets, some of which they will go to any lengths to keep hidden. What those same people don’t know is the Alder brothers also have secrets. Mysteries buried and dormant for years, hidden away behind their new lives and careers and waiting for the right moment to be unleashed once again...

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Author

Dustin Stevens
Dustin Stevens
Author · 62 books

I originally hail from the midwest, growing up in the heart of farm country, and still consider it, along with West Tennessee, my co-home. Between the two, I have a firm belief that football is the greatest of all past-times, sweet tea is really the only acceptable beverage for any occasion, there is not an event on earth that either gym shorts or boots can't be worn to, and that Dairy Queen is the best restaurant on the planet. Further, southern accents are a highly likeable feature on most everybody, English bulldogs sit atop the critter hierarchy, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with a Saturday night spent catfishing at the lake. Since leaving the midwest I've been to college in New England, grad school in the Rockies, and lived in over a dozen different cities ranging from DC to Honolulu along the way. Each and every one of these experiences has shaped who I am at this point, a fact I hope is expressed in my writing. I have developed enormous affinity for locales and people of every size and shape, and even if I never figure out a way to properly convey them on paper, I am very much grateful for their presence in my life. To sum it up, I asked a very good friend recently how they would describe me for something like this. Their response: "Plagued by realism and trained by experiences/education to be a pessimist, you somehow remain above all else an active dreamer." While I can't say those are the exact words I would choose, I can't say they're wrong. I travel, live in different places, try new foods, meet all kinds of different people, and above all else stay curious to a fault. Here's hoping it continues to provide us all with some pretty good stories...

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