North Georgia author MARK WESTMORELAND chats to Paul Burke about the Dooley brothers - Mack & Marshall, A Violent Gospel* and A Mourning Song*, Burt Reynolds - Smokey And The Bandit,
A VIOLENT GOSPEL: If there’s a bad idea in Tugalo County, chances are that Mack and Marshall Dooley are behind it. When the brothers heist a snake-handling church’s money-laundering operation, things go south in a hurry. This part of the north Georgia hills ain’t much, just hardscrabble folks trying to get by. It’s the perfect place to wash a load of cash -- and an even better place to make your enemies disappear. When Mack goes missing, Marshall cuts a deal with a local crime boss to rescue his brother. Navigating a storm of wild women and a literal nest of vipers, the Dooleys can’t trust anyone other than themselves to get out of the mess they’ve made.
A MOURNING SONG: Mack Dooley is a haunted man. After the events of A Violent Gospel left Mack at the bottom of a whiskey bottle, he’s back in A Mourning Song, forced to face his demons. When his brother resurfaces, Mack finds himself caught up in a turf war between the Bohannon crime family and a gang of white supremacists. Mack is furious with Marshall, but family is family, after all. In order to survive, he’ll have to set aside his disagreements with his brother so they can work together to run the Ghostface Devils out of Tugalo County.
Mark Westmoreland is a Georgia native who lives in Oklahoma with his wife and two dogs. He's a full-time Dawgs fan with a sideline as a writer. Sippin' bourbon and watching Burt Reynolds are two of his favorite pastimes. A Violent Gospel is his debut novella. You can find him hanging out on Twitter @ItsMarkYall.
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Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .
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