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Alan Chaput
Southern mysteries set in Savannah
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Al writes Southern mysteries set in Savannah featuring amateur sleuth, Hayley Falcon. His novels have finaled in the Daphne and the Claymore.
Al lives with his wife in Coastal South Carolina and, when not writing, can be found Shag dancing, pursuing genealogy, or interacting on social media.
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Skidaway Oak
Meet Hayley Falcon, a gun-toting matriarch, and her single-minded daughter, Maxine, whom she loves unconditionally. Meet Tater, a computer technician with sociopathic tendencies, who has lived with and exploited Maxine since she graduated from college. Follow Hayley as she is plunged into mayhem in order to rescue her daughter from self-destruction. Watch as Maxine’s life blows up, literally. Plot twists abound in this contemporary Southern Suspense novel. Think “Dallas” meets “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”
Read Haunted By The Murder →Mystery
Skidaway Alligator
When a bloodstained shoe and a trail leading to an alligator-infested lake are discovered in Savannah’s most exclusive communities, residents are eager to blame a man-eating gator. But the keys found inside the reptile point to missing land investor Josh Middleton, and the evidence suggests he was murdered before the alligator ever reached him. For environmental attorney Hayley Falcon, the mystery strikes dangerously close to home. Her fight to stop a developer from destroying coastal wetlands has already drawn threats. Now a reporter is digging into the dead man’s deals, officials are hiding secrets, and a ruthless criminal organization is tightening its grip on Savannah through bribery, bloodshed, and fear. As attacks against the Falcon family escalate, Hayley learns that her husband, Shawn, has concealed a life far more dangerous than she imagined. With their marriage fracturing and their daughter caught in the crosshairs, Hayley must decide whom she can trust before an enemy inside Savannah’s highest circles destroys everyone she loves. Skidaway Alligator is a fast-moving Southern mystery of murder, corruption, family secrets, and ambition, set amid the moss-draped beauty and shadowed marshes of coastal Georgia, where the most dangerous predator is not always the one beneath the water.
Read Alone in a Marriage →Found a new favorite?