Gonzales, TX – January 1, 2013 – Author Adler Duncan grew up on a small family farm.  He lived within spitting distance of an operational oil well.  He’s crawled on broken pump jacks, toiled on oil and gas equipment and witnessed drilling rigs strike oil.  And it’s Duncan’s personal experience that injects unparalleled realism into this entertaining work of fiction.

“Each story in the Briarcliff Lane series combines Texas history – centered around Gonzales – with a quirky set of characters focused on solving a mystery,” said Duncan.  “This latest mystery takes place in the oil fields situated along Peach Creek.”

“I love the setting of this book,” remarked Brenda Ballard, a book reviewer for Reader’s Favorites.  “It is easy to visualize once bovine-filled pastures now host to steel skeletons drilling into the earth.”

Suzanne Gattis of Pacific Book Review agreed.  “Both historical references and the vivid descriptions of life in the oil fields show that this book was well researched and the setting well planned out.”

Because the story takes place along Peach Creek, an historical focus on the Braches House and the Sam Houston Oak seemed appropriate to the author.  Details of the Runaway Scrape and Houston’s eventual defeat of Santa Anna’s army provide inspiration for the book’s protagonist.

Gattis offered, “With disappearances, murder, unmarked graves… and a kidnapping, the reader never knows what twist or turn will happen next.  Just when you think the mystery has unfolded, another chapter comes.  All along, you navigate these surprises and twists with characters that you love and ones that you love to hate.”

“The author has a gift when it comes to moving the plot along seamlessly, allowing the reader no choice but to read from cover to cover.  You will not put this book down; I guarantee it!” said Ballard.

Peach Creek is the third book in the Briarcliff Lane series.  Peach Creek may be purchased from amazon.com in paperback or Kindle format, or in Nook format from barnesandnoble.com.  Paperbacks are available for $15.00 and ebooks for $4.99.

For more information about Peach Creek and the Briarcliff Lane series, please visit amazon.com or contact the author at adlerduncan.gmail.com.