Pine Hill was a sleepy town until a mill owner dies in his mistress’ bed. At first it looks like a heart attack, but an autopsy reveals something far more shocking. Georgia Bound is a heart-stopping tale of murder and magic with an ending that's sheer surprise.
Pine Hill had always been a sleepy town in the foothills of the Appalachians until mill owner Jed Norton dies in his mistress' bed. At first it looks like a heart attack, but an autopsy reveals something far more shocking. Georgia Bound is a heart-stopping tale of murder and mayhem with an ending that's sheer surprise.
Jack Monahan, a tough reporter who doesn’t believe in the supernatural, finds himself entangled in the eeriest murder mystery of his career, one that nearly gets him killed and challenges all his beliefs in science and rational behavior.
As the bodies begin dropping like flies in a cold snap, Monahan’s quest to find out what’s going on takes him on a wild odyssey from North Georgia to West Africa, South America, Italy and the South Carolina lowcountry. The suspects include a Gullah witch doctor with magical powers, the dead man’s long-abused wife, a rival mill owner who breeds race horses and man-eating piranhas, the dead man’s vengeful mistress, the corrupt sheriff, the local drug dealer and a famous televangelist who’s involved with the dead mill owner’s wife.
Professional Reviews
Sandy Penny
In Georgia Bound, Frank O'Neill has created a well-written, fast-moving thrill ride. When NY investigative journalist Jack Monahan loses his wife to a Mafia hit man, he takes a job at a small Georgia newspaper to get away from the memories, the danger and the life he no longer has. Just when he's thinking he's made a mistake and is going to be bored to death, all hell breaks loose. All the small-town skeletons start dancing around him in a crazy tarantella of who killed who, who's about to be killed, who's in charge of the drug trafficking and who wants Jack dead? The novel is well written with a cast of characters that will make you laugh while it scares the bejeezus out of you. You'll be looking back at all the latest news headlines with a more suspicious eye after Jack Monahan starts poking around in your head. I highly recommend it and plan to read more of Frank's work as it arrives.
Sandy Penny, SweetMysteryBooks.com
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