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THANK YOU:

A huge thank you to all the wonderful people who put "Savannah Fire" on the Editor's Desk in August 2011 and "Savannah Passion" there in December 2010.

ABOUT ME:

Al writes Southern suspense. He has finaled in the Single Title Contemporary, Women’s Fiction, and Mainstream categories of numerous RWA contests and has placed first in a half dozen. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Romance Writers of America, he has presented writing workshops at three RWA National Conferences. Al is a church elder. He and his wife live in Coastal South Carolina.

ABOUT THE 'SAVANNAH' SERIES:

The "Savannah" series chronicles the crime fighting activities of three generations of southern women who live in modern day Savannah, Georgia. If you wish to read the books in order, start with "Savannah Fire," then read "Savannah Passion," and finish with "Savannah Oak." These three stories form the core of a projected nine book series, five of which are complete.

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WRITING:
Journal of a Novel by John Steinbeck
On Writing by Stephen King

BEST SELLERS:
Of Love and Evil by Ann Rice
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

ROMANCE:
Nora Roberts
Suzanne Brockmman
Sandra Brown

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Savannah Oak

Alan Chaput

When Savannah socialite Hayley Falcon intervenes to rescue her daughter from her abusive boyfriend, everything Hayley holds dear is threatened.


Meet Hayley Falcon, a gun-toting matriarch, and her defiant daughter, Maxine, whom she loves unconditionally. Meet obese, sociopathic Tater, a computer technician who has lived with and exploited Maxine since she graduated from college. Follow Hayley as she is plunged into chaos in order to rescue her daughter from self-destruction. Watch as Maxine’s amoral and purposeless life blows up, literally.

Plot twists abound in this contemporary Southern suspense novel. Think "Dallas" meets "Fatal Attraction."

Complete at 80,000 words.

Advisory: Adult content.

Revised: June 6, 2012

 

Savannah Fire

Alan Chaput

A southern woman, a socialite by day, a gun-toting vigilante by night, is targeted by a killer she is trying to capture.


When Patricia Falcon and her three friends begin to investigate her mother's sudden death and missing fortune, she sets in motion events that will bring her face-to-face with a dark secret. Think "Charlie's Angels" meets "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."

"Savannah Fire" bridges two major Savannah cultures, the church and the elite. The story lifts the curtain on some of Savannah's deepest secrets. Secret societies. Powerful alliances. A serial killer. A nightmare world, veiled from sight ... until now.

"Savannah Fire" blends the suspense intensity of Coben, the southern imagery of Conroy and the storytelling of Brown.

Complete at 74,000 words

Revised July 25, 2012

 

Savannah Passion

Alan Chaput

It only takes a blink, mere days, for Hayley Falcon’s charmed life to collapse into deadly chaos. Out of the mayhem a new Hayley emerges.


Hayley Falcon is a gun-toting socialite from a deep-rooted Southern family. She is bound by tradition and driven with the ambition that has lifted her family to prominence for centuries.

Unknown to Hayley, her husband, a mob-lawyer, and her father, her mentor and foundation, both lead double lives. Her increasingly distant husband is a government deep cover operative. Her father is a member of a secretive group who has protected Savannah for centuries. Lurking behind the scenes is a powerful, ex-judge bent on revenge for past sins committed against him by the Falcon family.

How much change can Hayley take? Separation from a lying husband. A two-faced father. Public slander of her family. Attempts on her life. The threat of extermination of her entire family.

Inextricably caught in something that can destroy her, Hayley’s only hope is help from the very family members who betrayed her … and the gun she carries inside her designer purse.

“Savannah Passion” is a blend of the southern imagery of Pat Conroy, the suspense intensity of Harlan Coben, and the storytelling of Sandra Brown interlaced with all the page turning elements: love, betrayal, bloodshed and redemption.

Complete at 80,000 words.

Revised April 28, 2012

 

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Thank you, Al. I hope it might get published, but I think it's a long....

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I read the prolgue and first two chapters. Prologue: 1) Interesting. Chapter One: 1) Interesting, but a tad slow. I feel there is a fair amount of overwriting here. For example, "There on your shelves are books I've written that you use for reference," he waved his hands toward the bookcase ... view book

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I read your first three chapters. General comments: A mesmerizing start. Cap is an engaging, though insecure, central character. Sensational world building. Striking imagery. Not as much tension as I would like. Leisurely pacing. Specific comments on the first chapter: 1) 'I could smell the s... view book

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I read your prologue and first three chapters. General comments: A captivating start. Jack and Beth are sympathetic central characters. Good descriptions. Well-engineered tension. Smooth pacing. Specific comment on the prologue: 1) No nits. Specific comments on the first chapter: 1) "Now,... view book

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I read your second chapter. General comments: I'm still engaged by the story. I love the Jessica character. Fiesty. Humorous. Fearsome. Good descriptions. Still plenty of tension. Smooth pacing. Specific comments on the second chapter: 1) ' ... seven thirty PM as my wife was teaching our son ... view book

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I read your first two chapters. General comments: An intriguing start. A fascinating ensemble of central characters. Well-rendered descriptions. Strong sense of place and time. Intense tension. Crisp pacing that propelled me forward. Specific comments on the first chapter: 1) 'That is indeed ... view book

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