The black sheep of a prosperous Virginia family, Charles LeBlanc must elude the law while he investigates a mass murder at his family's annual reunion, during which he turns up the unsavory secrets kept by his kin. 25,000 first printing.
Follows four men into the woods on a friendly hunting trip that results in the shooting death of one of them.
In the same way, murder and the murderer's identity stand at the heart of both Godfires and Tidewater Blood. Mystery, especially when it involves murder, need not be confined to popular novels—thrillers, police procedurals, ...
And before long he uncovers a devious and dangerous enemy. Brilliantly written, with a strong sense of place and an intriguing cast of characters, Wild Thorn confirms William Hoffman's place as a writer of rare and extraordinary talent.
“ I guess it's beneath your station to associate with a girl like that , ” Timberlake taunted me . “ As a matter of fact it is , ” I answered , in deep and ...
William Hoffman alternates enduing themes of land and sea by taking inhabitants mostly of Virginia’s inland and Chesapeake Bay regions and making them thoroughly his own in this superb collection of stories.
Q: The suspenseful mystery narratives Tidewater Blood and Blood and Guile (2000) have brought you to the attention ofa new readership. However, Godfires (1985) was probably your_first true mystery novel. These books stand out, ...
In Roll Call, a Southern gentleman works hard to maintain gentlemanly appearances, Place is on a poor woman's disillusion with her rich boyfriend, while the title story is on a snobbish widow and her house repairman.
William Hoffman is a master storyteller, and Follow Me Home reveals him at his inimitable best.
I enlisted in the Army and five short months later I was freezing my ass off on a C-141 bound for Vietnam. "Three Sixty Five" is a novel that does not address any of the political issues normally associated with the conflict.
A Death of Dreams