False Dandelions

by Randolph Randy Camp

Set in rural Virginia, ‘FALSE DANDELIONS’ is a contemporary Southern crime fiction novel filled with romance, small town secrets, broken dreams and murder as locals from Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg, including a young disabled Iraq war veteran, stop a misguided band of Washington, DC criminals from setting up shop in their quiet town. When Lamar returned home from Iraq they gave him a hero’s welcome but he actually never felt like a true hero until he pulled off his greatest mission ever. A mission that will make this disabled vet a local legend, and a mission that will literally blow you away. Jesse is a rising star but when his mother’s body was found in the murky waters of the Rappahannock, he trades his prized guitar for a shotgun. Ever since Turtle was little, he was always somebody’s errand boy. Now, twenty years later, he decides to break the mold and that is just the beginning of many mistakes Turtle will make. Randolph Randy Camp’s ‘FALSE DANDELIONS’ is about the lives and dreams of underdogs. When you’re stuck in a nowhere place, physically or mentally, you dream of leaving. When you’ve been a nobody and strive to become somebody, sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don’t. Once again, this prolific award-winning writer paints a straight forward picture of contemporary Southern life and reminds us that, regardless of your income or race, there’s a touch of Jesse in all of us and there’s a little Turtle in all of us.

156 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2012

About the author

Author of COREVILLE PARK a reggae novel, 'MONICA, A SHORT STORY COLLECTION' and the novel AMERICA: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY, Randolph Randy Camp was born in rural Spotsylvania County, Virginia on March 12, 1961. Randy has five daughters Christina, Melinda, Randie, Ranielle, Natasha and one son Joshua. Randy currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa where he is working on his next writing project. Randy's previous novels are 29 DIMES, "WET MATCHES", "FALSE DANDELIONS", and "...THEN THE RAIN". Aside from being an author, Randy has a passion for working with at-risk and troubled teens. Randy attended college in New York and acquired an A.S. Degree in Mental Health-Substance Abuse Counseling in May 2015.