Thallasophile - lover of the ocean. That's me. I have a strong affinity for that entity and express those feelings through my writing--my books. They may span many genres but are all connected to the place I call home. Genres published: historical fiction, literary, murder, essays--they all are set on Topsail Island where I grew up. It is my way of perserving this wonderful place and the people with whom I share my life. The first book in the Murder by the Sea series is WATERLOGGED. Don Belkin is a former Marine, now a detective with the Surf City Police Dept. He's a conflicted man, to say the least, as he struggles to accept his past and find solace in the small beach town. Bitterness runs deep between the locals who have populated the area for generations and the "new" folks who think they've found paradise. Oh, Topsail Island may be the perfect tourist attraction, but in the summer it's just plain MURDER. (there are 5 more books in the series)
An ordinary day at the beach, is there such a thing? The Ray Ban sunglasses and flowered visor-definitely apparel from the 1960s, but a day at the beach is a day at the beach regardless of the decade in which you go.. That ol' ocean and that ol' sand does not change, Human nature doesn't either. Love will always be love, and naivete will be the same too.
Book Excerpt
Blowfish
She’d lugged the beach chair, cooler, blanket and tote bag up the dune and down the dune, spread the blanket out against the breeze and placed shoes and shells at the corners. She’d opened the chair to laying position with just the top part propped up and now, adjusting her flowered visor and Ray Ban sun glasses, Mim reached into the cooler for a cold bottle of Dr. Pepper.
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