Athens, Georgia, 1963. Attorney Guy Stillwell took on the trial of the decade: defending a Black woman charged with the murder of a KKK thug. By the time it was over, his son August “Critter” Stillwell’s world and the sleepy town of Athens were in flames. Twenty-five years later, dragged back into a case from '63 that was never solved, Critter discovers a web of small town secrets, Dixie Mafia dealings and long-buried lies...

Howard Tate Scott - Author

After thirty years of practicing law in Georgia, Howard T. Scott pivoted from the courtroom to writing fiction inspired by anecdotes from the southern storytelling tradition he’s immersed in. He’s one of the founding partners of the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise—the world’s only fully chartered blues cruise—and a lover of live music, fitness, nature, historic preservation and travel. Scott splits his time between the dry land…
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