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The Lazard Legacy
Fiction/South/Suspense
6 x 9; 276 pages
ISBN 1-891799-36-3
13-Digit ISBN 978-1-891799-36-5
Softcover - $16.95
ISBN 1-891799-23-1
13-Digit ISBN 978-1-891799-23-5
Hardcover - $24.95
Publication Date: March 2003
Harbor House
Rawlings pens novel of heart-stopping terror
A failed relationship and big city blues has Dr. Ben Pike dreaming of a simpler life.
That dream comes true when the widow of an elderly physician calls him up out of the blue and offers him her late husband's medical practice in the small Georgia town of Walkerville. The practice is free of charge, comes with a comfortable country cottage and-best of all-Ben gets the chance to return to the hometown he hasn't seen since childhood.
Who could ask for more?
Ben knows a good deal when he hears one and quickly accepts the offer. After
settling up his affairs in the city, he packs up everything he owns in a U-Haul van
and moves to Walkerville.
Ironically, it was from Walkerville that Ben and his mother mysteriously fled when he was a small boy. All that's in the past now, and Ben secretly hopes to rekindle relations with his estranged family, the wealthy and powerful Lazards, French descendants who have dominated these parts for generations.
But a series of inexplicable deaths and a beautiful woman's cry for help soon transform Ben's peaceful dream into a nightmare as he seeks to uncover the truth behind his legacy in this gripping tale of psychological suspense and all-consuming evil.
In this gratifying thriller, William Rawlings Jr. --himself a small-town Georgia
doctor-- spins a masterful tale of murder, deceit, lust and treachery set in a remote corner of the Deep South. The novel has more twists and turns than a summer tornado and will make anyone think twice before relocating to a strange country town.
Endorsements:
“Fascinating! Very entertaining and very fast-paced. Reminds me of Stuart Woods without the oral sex.”
--Ferrol Sams, Run With the Horsemen
“Hooks you early and doesn’t let go…A tale of ageless evil wrapped in rural Georgia by a skillful author who keeps giving you more than you anticipated. This is a witch’s brew of greed and psychopathy.”
--W. Douglas Skelton, Dean, Mercer University School of Medicine
“The Lazard Legacy is written with surgical precision and muscular prose, a real pleasure to read. It is a chilling, yet redeeming story of rough justice in a small Southern town. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys sharp curves and quick acceleration in a suspense novel.
--William C. Harris Jr., Delirium of the Brave
“The perfect mix for a Southern novel: an old and prominent family, sin, greed, murder and money make this novel impossible to put down…Rawlings has woven…a near perfect plot acted out by unforgettable characters…Reads like a John Grisham novel with the twists and turns of a Stuart Woods plot.”
--Thomas L. Johns, President & CEO, Nationwide Anesthesia Services, Inc.
William Rawlings, Jr. is a sixth-generation resident of Washington County, Georgia, where he lives with his wife, and practices medicine.
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