Available at the following locations:
Hodge Podge at Pennrose Mall in Reidsville, N.C.
BB&T 609 South Main Street in Reidsville, N.C.
Lowes Foods 1537 Freeway Drive in Reidsville, N.C.
Reidsville Florist 119 S. Scales Street in Reidsville, N.C.
Swann Paint Company 239 S. Scales Street in Reidsville, N.C.
Haynes Barber and Beauty 232 Settle Street in Reidsville, N.C.
Reidsville YMCA 504 S. Main Street in Reidsville, N.C.
Valentine’s Day 1957.
After school, 18-year-old Sue Chandler snacks at The Sweet Shop, then goes shopping downtown. That evening, she’s brutally murdered in her country
club home. 50 years later, Detective Clark Dixon re-opens the case, but it’s more than he bargained for… Kidnapping, extorted evidence, and murder leave Dixon searching for answers – on the wrong end of a gun.
Where is Stuartsboro?
On my map Stuartsboro is located a few miles west of Reidsville, N.C. I thought that I would place the town a little closer to the mountains, in the western Piedmont, nestling it in a perfect spot. I named the town for my favorite novelist, Stuart Woods.
In my book, Stuartsboro exists near several cities, such as Greensboro and Winston-Salem, but in some scenes, I distorted actual distances between them - I even had to re-engineer Highway 29 to run east-west (I hope D.O.T. won't mind). Come to think of it, I guess that means the Southern Railroad, also mentioned, will have to run the same direction. Oh, the trials and tribulations of creating your own vision of a town.
There's a lot in Stuartsboro that may remind you of Reidsville: Short Sugar's, Sanitary Cafe, Hodge Podge, Farmer's Table, Dragon Garden. Street names. Composites of characters. Even the old Luckies Baseball team. And the Stuartsboro Police Department as photographed on the cover ... Doesn't it bear a striking resemblance to the one in Reidsville?
Guess the old adage is true: the farther you travel from your home the closer you come to returning.
Thanks to Tim Talley for the great cover photography.
Purchase Bloody November online at PublishAmerica.com
Excerpt:
"Clark knew he had to get to his car and call for help ... On signal, Hoffman stepped slightly from behind the bus, and fired several rounds at the wall, the bullets chipping away at the brick. Clark zigzagged his way back to the car and tried to get the Sheriff's Department on the radio ... He looked down and saw it was destroyed. He reached for the cell phone on the seat and tried to make a call. No signal..."
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