Shady Creek

SHADY CREEK is a coming of age story wrapped in a dark, atmospheric small town murder mystery. Ten year old Delbert and his troubled mother, Lillian, return to the small factory town of Shady Creek tucked in the rugged foothills of the Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina following the death of Delbert's maternal grandmother. Shortly thereafter, Delbert meets his father for the first time after his father is released from prison and discovers the unfolding truth behind what really happened in the days just before he was born. With dark secrets festering beneath the surface like an old wound that promises to never heal, Delbert's new life in the small town is quickly and tragically complicated by his father's release, the town's long memory, and the subsequent murder of a young local girl on a cold autumn night -- the teenage daughter of the only witness to testify against Delbert's father a decade earlier. But as the days become increasingly shorter and the nights longer, Delbert comes to the gradual realization not all is what it seems and that only he holds the keys to his father's absolution. SHADY CREEK is suspense cooked at a slow-burn -- one that leaves us shaken and renewed.

Author: Russell Gilwee

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Nov 15, 2017

Number of Pages: 238 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1976483115

ISBN-13: 9781976483110