The sugar-white sand of Pensacola Beach explodes with "Southern Lights" as descendants, perhaps of the ancient buccaneers, spread murder and mayhem while pursuing gold doubloons, as their ancestors once did, upon the Gulf of Mexico. As the beach murder rate doubles and quadruples, the sheriff of this peaceful community struggles to piece together and halt these strange occurrences amidst a cast of characters as fascinating and peculiar as the pure quartz sand of the beach itself.
My wife bought me an autographed copy of Southern Lights from the author at a local arts festival. It's kind of a beach read, murder mystery set on Pensacola Beach. We live in Pensacola and all the familiar names and places in the book were interesting even though the familiarity was at times distracting. But after a while, that all kind of fell to the background and I actually enjoyed the story. It's a quick and fun read. Thank you to my lovely wife.