"When New York executive Oliver Swindler returns to his hometown of Fernglade, NC, to take over the local newspaper in 1978, he discovers unimagined crime running rampant in the small mountain town--beginning with the discovery that his own sister has just been murdered! Smuggling, moonshine, and a cult-like religious sect are among the plagues besetting the town, his friends there, and even his own family. Like any good, old-fashioned dogged newsman, he is determined to ferret out the truth"--
H. Peter Loewer
