Newspaper reporters John Maynard and Abby Sinclair take on a complex story of mystery, murder, and greed in this installment of today’s best southern thriller series. One of Maynard’s former college teachers, Colonel Lucius Hayworth, is found dead in his office in what first appears to be suicide. Before his death, the Colonel had been researching a story about two escaped German POWs during World War II. The prisoners were confined to Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Georgia, but worked for a local landowner. Did the Colonel uncover information that cost him his life? Will Maynard and Sinclair unravel this mystery, which includes violence toward black landowners in an area known as Turtle Town? Will they learn the truth about an unsolved rape and murder of a young black girl that occurred forty years earlier? In Turtle Town, family secrets kept hidden for decades are revealed with devasting effect. Read as a series or standalone novels. What readers are saying about the ★★★★★ Fire Eater has some excellent scenes of page-turning suspense and realistic characters that come to life on the page. ★★★★★ Dead River is a compelling read you won’t want to put down. ★★★★★His characters do come alive in dialogue and the story builds to a climax. ★★★★★ While the geography peaked my interest, it was the story that captivated me to the end. ★★★★★ Once again Bill Lightle writes a great mystery that keeps you wondering who did it and what is going to happen next. ★★★★★ This is quick moving and has some unexpected twists, so it holds your interest. ★★★★★ When I was reading Monkey Palace, I couldn’t put it down, but I was also sorry when it ended.