SOUTHERN GOTHIC

By Dale Wiley

Right off the bat readers will love the fact that the Table of Contents for this amazing work of suspense fiction is: Part One, Heaven; Part Two, Purgatory; Part Three, Hell. Talk about getting the imagination up and going and the pulse racing.

Meredith Harper is the owner of the coolest, most popular book store in Savannah called, The Southern Gothic. She is also a writer and has just completed her first novel, “Red Ribbon.” Unfortunately, her novel may never be published because no company seems to want it.

Not to worry, however, her latest obsession has come in the form of another bestselling writer, a man who supposedly vanished ages ago, by the name of Michael Black. Meredith has created an online forum for Black’s friends and enemies alike (Black’s Legacy) where readers can talk about all the mysteries surrounding his disappearance; one in particular being the fact that Black is under a cloud of suspicion, being the main suspect in his girlfriend’s murder.

One fine day, Meredith gets some alarming calls that seem to be coming from her own home phone number. She and her shop assistant go to check her residence but find nothing but a strange ‘red ribbon.’ Suddenly, Black appears in her home; he has rewritten and improved Meredith’s book. She is extremely grateful to him for editing her novel, which now has a buyer, to be published under Meredith’s name. The book quickly becomes a bestseller, but Black’s conduct gets stranger and stranger. When Meredith tries to break ties with him, he says he will tell everyone that he is the true author of the book and she is, basically, a fraud.

So who is Michael Black? Did Meredith make a deal with the Devil? Let us just say that author Dale Wiley keeps readers on the edge of their seats throughout. Starting off 2017 with this book in hand promises to make for a fantastic and entertaining year!