The hurricane made for a crazy week in north Florida, but everything is back to normal now. As you probably saw in the news, the first hurricane to hit the state in eleven years plowed through the panhandle a couple of weeks ago. My wife and I were lucky—our property was just on the western edge of the storm, so we didn’t see anything other than a bit of wind and a few inches of rain. But Tallahassee took a big hit, with lots of downed trees and powerlines—many of our friends were without power for two or three days, some even for a week!

We’re just grateful that the storm wasn’t any larger and that the damage wasn’t any worse than it was. There’s a lot to love about living in Florida, but it definitely comes with a few risks.

Coincidentally, it has always been my plan to have Larry Macklin experience a hurricane at some point in the series, so I’ve been taking lots of notes!



February’s Regrets, book 4 in the Larry Macklin Mystery series, is still on schedule for a late-September release. Here’s a quick preview:

Following his resignation as an investigator with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, Larry Macklin is working part time as a reserve deputy and trying to decide what to do with his life.

He’s drawn back into investigating against his will when his friend, Shantel Williams, asks for his help to find her missing niece, Tonya. While Larry initially believes that there’s a reasonable explanation for Tonya’s lack of communication with her aunt, it quickly becomes obvious that her disappearance is part of something more serious. The Swamp Hacker, a serial killer who stalked Adams County fifteen years ago, has returned and is killing again.

Unable to resist the hunt for a predator that eluded the sheriff so many years ago, Larry agrees to assist with the current investigation. It becomes a race against time as the murders become more brutal and more frequent. Will the killer escape justice a second time?

Cheers, Allie