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An unusual history of Long Beach Island, New Jersey told by one of the early inhabitants, the mayor of Barnegat City. The story is made all the more interesting by the authors deceased grandfather who relates this history to his grandson from beyond the grave. The story will amuse and amaze because it contains previously unknown facts about the infamous Jersey coast. The great Oceanic Hotel and the Barnegat Lighthouse are front-and-center in the drama; so is Prohibition and all the chicaneries of the rum runners and politicians. The Great Depression is also a part of the story. The book is...

Sand in My Shoes is a mystery novel that teases and surprises. The set-up is an old summer resort hotel on the Jersey Shore in 1965. The owners stretch back to the Gilded Age, a time when manners ruled and murders were swept under the carpet. Enter Stanley Blackmon V who wants to carry on the upper-class family tradition at almost any expense---except being murdered which he very nearly is while trying to solve the murders of his aunt and grandfather. Enter Oliver Sterling, a state-appointed detective who reveals old grudges and ancient enmities in the Blackmon family. Think Agatha Christie,...

When Nathan and Anna Marshall, a wealthy Floridian couple, drive off an open drawbridge in their new luxury sedan, it is at first considered an accident. Further investigation reveals that the car's brakes were intentionally tampered with. Since Rebecca Wilson, the Marshalls' foster daughter, was apparently the only person in residence, she is immediately charged with murder. Enter court-appointed police detective turned attorney, Lloyd Rosen, who soon learns that three other suspects were on the estate premises within hours of the fatal crash. Also enter the beautiful Pamela Marshall,...

Crimson Hill comes from the fine old literary tradition of Great Expectations. Theres the outrageous fortune bestowed upon the poorest family in town ... theres the envy of friends ... theres three generations overcome by poverty in the beginning and wealth in the end.

This is the story of a long gone America, of love gained and lost, of treasures hidden and identities unknown. In the town of Crimson Hill luck is never what it seems and fate is always the dark, destructive force that tempts winners and losers alike.

Don Clark France takes you to a town in the heart of the South, a town he...