Author Description

On writing assignment for a travel magazine, Reagan Wilks stops on the Natchez Trace Parkway to retrieve a suitcase left in the middle of the road. Its contents soon cause her to abandon this dream assignment and to join forces with a private investigator as together they search the state over for a missing family. A mysterious little girl appears at crucial points, strengthening Reagan's resolve to find the family and revealing secrets of her own past. This Southern Gothic milieu immerses the reader in unique characters and switched identities that lead to an unexpected conclusion. Devil's Backbone will haunt the reader with its portrayal of characters both real and unreal and with its questions that have no answers.