When Darkness Fell

by Susan Lindsley

Overview

Susan Lindsley follows her blockbuster debut novel "When Darkness Fell" with another novel from the politically incorrect old south of the 1940's.

Interracial romance. The KKK. Murder during the sesquicentennial parade--shades of Milledgeville, Georgia. America's last mass lynching at Moore's Ford Bridge. Gay romance and betrayal. Posses hunting for fleeing blacks.
"It's just home town stuff," says Susan.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150188891
Publisher:	ThomasMax Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	278
File size:	930 KB

About the Author

Growing up some six miles from town on a 2,500-acre ante-bellum “plantation,” Susan once again writes from experience. Characters in this book come not just from imagination, but from memory — bootleggers, cattle rustlers and interracial courtships. Her debut novel, The Bottom Rail, was chosen as a finalist for the 2013 Georgia Author of the Year’s best first novel. Before publication, it won awards in the Dahlonega Literary Festival as well as the Southeastern Writers Association Workshop. This is her second novel and ninth published book. Her non-fiction articles have been published in various local, state and national publications. Her rural life was influenced by scientists and writers such as her neighbor Flannery O’Connor and her aunt, Sue Myrick, who went on to become technical consultant for Southern authenticity for the making of the movie "Gone With The Wind."

Editorial Reviews

"In a first person narrative with musical prose that feels as if the stories of her characters are being whispered in your ear, Susan Lindsley has created a tale of the south--of families and forbidden loves, of all things southern--that will echo in your heart long after you finish the book. In a voice reminiscent of Eudora Welty, Lindsley creates characters that resonate and scenes as real as frost on the Georgia kudzu. This is a writer who deserves to be heard.

Back Cover - C.D. Mitchell

"Compelling, realistic look at post WWII life in the deep South when racism ruled the lives of everyone, even those few whites who resented and fought against such hatred."

~ Ken McKowen, Managing Editor, Publishing Syndicate LLC

Back Cover - Ken McKowen

"In a dark Southern, post-WWII tale, Susan Lindsley keenly uses dialogue and setting to drop us uncomfortably into the 1940s, taking the reader to a time when people looked over their shoulder and kept their thoughts to themselves for sins that never should have been sins."

~ C. Hope Clark, author of The Carolina Slade Mysteries and The Edisto Island Mysteries

Back Cover - C. Hope Clark

"Susan Lindsley writes in the tradition of the South's best: Caldwell, O'Conner, McCullers and Bragg. She writes about a time and place you had to grow up in to know, and she knows. For writing you won't believe, can't put down and will never forget, dig into When Darkness Fell."

~ Peggy Mercer, Ga. Author of the Year, 2011 for Peach When the Well Run Dry

Back Cover - Peggy Mercer