Louisana Burn - Carl T. Smith
2007 IPPY Bronze Certificate - Mystery/Suspense category
Fiction / Suspense
ISBN 10: 1-57966-066-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-57966-066-6
Trade cloth
6 x 9
400 pp.
$24.95
The long-awaited sequel to Lowcountry Boil. Sam Larkin, former environmental law enforcement officer and ex-con, is no stranger to violence. He is coaxed—under false pretenses—from the serenity of his lowcountry home in South Carolina by Karen Chaney, a federal officer and Sam’s erstwhile lover. Sam soon finds himself drawn into an investigation of Louisiana Senator Thornton Hunnycutt, the man about to be tapped for a vice-presidential candidacy… and the former judge who unjustly sent Sam to prison twelve years prior.
The return to the personal and political swamps of Louisiana, a state he is forbidden by his release agreement ever to enter again; a visitation with the ex-wife for whom he bears immeasurable guilt; his growing distrust of Agent Chaney and the federal restrictions she represents… these elements ignite within Sam and propel him on a difficult and increasingly dangerous quest for justice and personal retributions. The heat rises as one man with a cause goes to war against Good Ol’ Boy corruption and greed, now to be found at the highest levels of politics.
"In Louisiana Burn, Carl T. Smith has crafted a moving sequel to
Lowcountry Boil, his popular Carolina mystery thriller that's hotter than cracked desert mud. The heat continues in Burn with the complex and irresistible Sam Larkin who follows his own code of honor as he takes us through Louisiana’s backwaters. Smith’s best trick may be his habit of breaking the cliché of women as beautiful but witless accessories in a man’s game of mystery and danger. Karen Chaney as Larkin’s foil is as interesting as they get." "A multi-layered tale of the new-old South, populated by great characters. You'll smell the swamp air, feel the steamy, sticky heat of the bayous next to your skin, even believe you're really down there amongst the Spanish moss, delapidated mansions, and accents so thick, they drip. So lean back, fellow readers, adjust the headrest, and let Carl stomp down on the accelerator. It's a fine ride through a marvelous, sometimes frightening, landscape, to a destination you won't soon forget!" "Louisiana Burn serves as a preservation piece for the Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast’s scenery, smells, food, and people. But it also evokes the classic crime novels of Chandler, Hammett, and
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About Carl T. Smith
CARL T. SMITH’s careers have included professional acting,
singing, songwriting and platform speaking, as well as
teaching at the secondary and college levels. Raised in
Danville, Virginia, he has lived in Richmond, Philadelphia,
and southern New Jersey. He now lives in the Lowcountry
of South Carolina, a chain of barrier islands off the coast.
His first novel, Nothin’ Left to Lose, was chosen as one of William Starr’s Top Ten Novels by South Carolina Authors for 1999. Lowcountry Boil was a finalist for the 2004 Independent Publisher’s Award in the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller category.
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