My Novel’s Take on the “Appalachian Noir”

When I set my Private Investigator Frank Johnson series title, The Blue Cheer, in the alpine wilds of West Virginia, John Lescroart called my novel in his cover blurb an “Appalachian noir.” Later on, I heard the critics use the label in their articles on Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone, both the excellent film and book.

The same label, I suppose, could now be applied to my new standalone novel, Lake Charles, offering its similar noirish flavor. Lake Charles is set amid the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee during the 1970s...

For the rest, go here to my guest post on James Thompson's weblog JIMLAND:

http://tiny.cc/r8z2d