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Lisa Turner

God’s Garbage Men, A Trust Betrayed, and Hominy Grits

By Lisa Turner

September 27, 2016

I’ve heard it said that writers are God’s garbage men. We pick up people’s cast off details and deeds—some inspiring, some appalling—and use them to create our stories.  For mystery writers, the newspaper is also a rich place to rummage through. Southern crime writer Ace Atkins commented, “I don’t have to make up plots. I…

Devil Sent the Rain: New Excerpt

By Lisa Turner

September 20, 2016

Devil Sent the Rain by Lisa Turner sees the return of hardboiled Detective Billy Able in this dark Southern mystery about the murder of a dazzling Memphis socialite—and the scandals revealed in the wake of her death (Available September 27, 2016). The heart can be an assassin. Detective Billy Able knows that from experience. Fresh…

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