New Alabama Book: Frank Turner Hollon’s ‘Austin and Emily’
Baldwin County novelist Frank Turner Hollon is back with a new book, Austin and Emily, and the story is every bit as offbeat as its two main characters. The novel…
Mobile Author Jeannie Holmes Brings Vampire Cops to the Deep South in New Novel ‘Blood Law’
Mobile author Jeannie Holmes released her debut novel, “Blood Law,” on July 6, blending two of her longtime interests — vampires and law enforcement — into a crime story set…
New History Book Traces Mobile Bay From Past to Present
A new local history book, Mobile Bay: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, has arrived at Bienville Books and other outlets, offering readers a wide-ranging look at the estuary that shapes life…
Mobile Novelist Thomas Lakeman on His New FBI Thriller and Updating Dracula for the Stage
Mobile author and playwright Thomas Lakeman has released “Broken Wing,” the third installment in his series of FBI thrillers following special agents Mike Yeager and Peggy Weaver, set in post-Katrina…
Fairhope Novelist Karen Bonvillain Debuts Gulf Coast Mystery “Who Was Benny Looter”
Baldwin County writer Karen Bonvillain has published her debut novel, “Who Was Benny Looter,” a mystery that opens with a body uncovered on the sand in Gulf Shores and follows…
Mobile Author Elizabeth Parker Collects the City’s Ghost Stories in “Haunted Mobile”
Mobile writer Elizabeth Parker has spent years tracking down the city’s ghost stories, and this fall her research is being published in a single volume, “Haunted Mobile,” through The History…
Fairhope Novelist C. Terry Cline on the Childhood Tragedy That Shaped 25 Years of Suspense Writing
Fairhope novelist C. Terry Cline Jr., whose suspense and crime novels have spanned decades, says the roots of his career trace back to a violent scene he witnessed as a…