The public is invited to meet author Scott Blackburn who will discuss his debut novel, “It Dies With You,” a murder-mystery, on the campus of Rockingham Community College at the Gerald B. James Library on April 17 at 1 p.m.
WENTWORTH — North Carolina author Scott Blackburn is a busy man these days. Not only is he pounding the pavement promoting his debut novel “It Dies With You,” but he is also in high demand as a featured speaker on the college lecture circuit.
After his estranged father is murdered in an apparent robbery-gone-bad, prizefighter Hudson Miller unexpectedly inherits his father’s business, a salvage yard called Miller's Pull-a-part. With his boxing career put on hold by a suspension, Hudson is desperate for money. He returns to his hometown of Flint Creek, North Carolina to run the yard, only to discover that the family business is far more than junk cars and scrap metal; it harbors a deadly, dark secret that will thrust Hudson into the fight of his life.
Reeling for answers, Hudson joins forces with his father’s former employee, 71-year-old, beer-guzzling Vietnam vet Charlie Shoaf, and a feisty teenage girl, Lucy Reyes, who’s fiercely seeking justice for her own family tragedy. With a murderer on the loose and no answers from the local cops, the trio of outcasts launch an investigation. The shocking truth they uncover will shake Flint Creek to its very core.
“It Dies with You” is a timely story about the long shadows cast by sins of the past.
Blackburn’s searing literary debut explores the dangerous world of secrets threatening to upend a rural Southern town, perfect for fans of David Joy and Brian Panowich.
“Fans of Michael Farris Smith, David Joy, Daniel Woodrell, and Chris Offutt, this is the new writer you've been waiting for." - Wiley Cash, NY Times bestselling author of “When Ghosts Come Home.”
To learn more about the author visit www.scottblackburnwords.com.
For more information regarding Blackburn’s visit to RCC visit www.rockinghamcc.edu.
The public is invited to meet author Scott Blackburn who will discuss his debut novel, “It Dies With You,” a murder-mystery, on the campus of Rockingham Community College at the Gerald B. James Library on April 17 at 1 p.m.
