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Turtle Town
Newspaper reporters John Maynard and Abby Sinclair take on a complex story of mystery, murder, and greed in this installment of today’s best southern thriller series.
One of Maynard’s former college teachers, Colonel Lucius Hayworth, is found dead in his office in what first appears to be suicide. Before his death, the Colonel had been researching a story about two escaped German POWs during World War II. The prisoners were confined to Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Georgia, but worked for a local landowner.
Did the Colonel uncover information that cost him his life? Will Maynard and Sinclair unravel this mystery, which includes violence toward black landowners in an area known as Turtle Town? Will they learn the truth about an unsolved rape and murder of a young black girl that occurred forty years earlier?
In Turtle Town, family secrets kept hidden for decades are revealed with devasting effect.
Read as a series or standalone novels.
What readers are saying about the
★★★★★ Fire Eater has some excellent scenes of page-turning suspense and realistic characters that come to life on the page.
★★★★★ Dead River is a compelling read you won’t want to put down.
★★★★★His characters do come alive in dialogue and the story builds to a climax.
★★★★★ While the geography peaked my interest, it was the story that captivated me to the end.
★★★★★ Once again Bill Lightle writes a great mystery that keeps you wondering who did it and what is going to happen next.
★★★★★ This is quick moving and has some unexpected twists, so it holds your interest.
★★★★★ When I was reading Monkey Palace, I couldn’t put it down, but I was also sorry when it ended.
One of Maynard’s former college teachers, Colonel Lucius Hayworth, is found dead in his office in what first appears to be suicide. Before his death, the Colonel had been researching a story about two escaped German POWs during World War II. The prisoners were confined to Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Georgia, but worked for a local landowner.
Did the Colonel uncover information that cost him his life? Will Maynard and Sinclair unravel this mystery, which includes violence toward black landowners in an area known as Turtle Town? Will they learn the truth about an unsolved rape and murder of a young black girl that occurred forty years earlier?
In Turtle Town, family secrets kept hidden for decades are revealed with devasting effect.
Read as a series or standalone novels.
What readers are saying about the
★★★★★ Fire Eater has some excellent scenes of page-turning suspense and realistic characters that come to life on the page.
★★★★★ Dead River is a compelling read you won’t want to put down.
★★★★★His characters do come alive in dialogue and the story builds to a climax.
★★★★★ While the geography peaked my interest, it was the story that captivated me to the end.
★★★★★ Once again Bill Lightle writes a great mystery that keeps you wondering who did it and what is going to happen next.
★★★★★ This is quick moving and has some unexpected twists, so it holds your interest.
★★★★★ When I was reading Monkey Palace, I couldn’t put it down, but I was also sorry when it ended.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2024
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About the author
Bill Lightle
15 books11 followersI was born in Marion, Indiana, in 1957 but moved to Albany, Georgia, in 1966. I've spent most of my life in the Southeast where I wrote for newspapers and taught history and government. I few years ago, I began a thriller series - Maynard & Sinclair - set in Albany. The series is based on my experiences as a newspaper reporter for the Albany Herald in the early 1980s.
The most recent book (2019) in the series is Aucilla Bones.
Today I live and write in Fayetteville, Georgia, just south of Atlanta. My wife Phyllis is a published poet. You can find her work on Amazon as well as mine.
Thank you for considering my work.
The most recent book (2019) in the series is Aucilla Bones.
Today I live and write in Fayetteville, Georgia, just south of Atlanta. My wife Phyllis is a published poet. You can find her work on Amazon as well as mine.
Thank you for considering my work.
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September 6, 2024
Lightle’s done it again
As he has done it many of his other Maynard/Sinclair novels, Bill has created a tale full of plot twists and turns. Along with the Reader, this time even the intrepid Reporters aren’t quite sure who the Bad Guys are or even which crime they’re trying to solve!
The pleasure that comes from reading this series arises from the Humanity Lightle imbues in his heroes. We feel their fatigue at the end of a day of investigating, their comfort in listening to their favorite records, and their satisfaction eating a shrimp basket. It’s not Noir, but it’s two humans who like each other doing a job that they enjoy regardless of the danger it brings.
All in all Turtle Town is an engrossing and satisfying read that keeps us guessing and rooting for John and Abby. Four Stars. ****
As he has done it many of his other Maynard/Sinclair novels, Bill has created a tale full of plot twists and turns. Along with the Reader, this time even the intrepid Reporters aren’t quite sure who the Bad Guys are or even which crime they’re trying to solve!
The pleasure that comes from reading this series arises from the Humanity Lightle imbues in his heroes. We feel their fatigue at the end of a day of investigating, their comfort in listening to their favorite records, and their satisfaction eating a shrimp basket. It’s not Noir, but it’s two humans who like each other doing a job that they enjoy regardless of the danger it brings.
All in all Turtle Town is an engrossing and satisfying read that keeps us guessing and rooting for John and Abby. Four Stars. ****
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