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A doctor in a new town discovers the gruesome history of his predecessor, but it doesn't make him turn away. Instead, he befriends the man that had has job, shares his name, and is currently in prison for murder.Donate to Vince Gilmer's GoFundMe here: https://gofund.me/13c5d459*This is one of the Short Stories that are normally released to the Patrons. If you're interested in more Short Stories, visit Patreon.com/cozycrimeclubRESOURCES“Strange twist” by Matthew Lakin, Bristol Herald Courier (March 17, 2005)“Doctor convicted of murder” from the Associated Press, (August 20, 2005)“N.C. Doctor Gets Life for Killing Father” from Associated Press (June 13, 2006)“NC doctor gets life for killing father” by Chantelle Janelle, WIS News (June 13, 2006)“After a Beloved Small-Town Doctor Murdered His Own Father, the Clinic's New Doc Solved the Mystery of Why” by Eileen Finan, People Magazine (March 3, 2022)“Column: Dr. Gilmer, Mr. Hyde and an unlikely fight for justice” by DG Martin, Hickory Record (March 23, 2022)“Pardoned but still in prison: Advocates work to free man caught in system” by Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post (August 6, 2022)Music from PixabayMusic by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer and MichaelKobrinSupport the show

Author Patricia Bell-Scott's latest book tells the story of the brilliant writer-turned-activist, Pauli Murray, & her long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt – a friendship that changed both of their lives. Ms. Bell-Scott draws on letters, journals, diaries, & other sources to present this close-up portrait of a friendship that helped alter the course of race, racism, & social justice in America.

Author Patricia Bell-Scott's latest book tells the story of the brilliant writer-turned-activist, Pauli Murray, & her long friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt – a friendship that changed both of their lives. Ms. Bell-Scott draws on letters, journals, diaries, & other sources to present this close-up portrait of a friendship that helped alter the course of race, racism, & social justice in America.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author John Hart's latest book is a thriller about a town on the edge. Weaving together the stories of a young boy, a troubled detective, a good cop, & an abandoned church deep in the woods, Redemption Road is a gripping thriller that keeps readers on edge from the very beginning.

Author Lee Smith's latest book is a collection of short works that combine to tell the story of her own history growing up in Virginia where her father ran a dime store. It was in that little shop, listening to the customers & inventing histories for the dolls on sale in the store, that Ms. Smith began to learn the craft of storytelling.

Author Lee Smith's latest book is a collection of short works that combine to tell the story of her own history growing up in Virginia where her father ran a dime store. It was in that little shop, listening to the customers & inventing histories for the dolls on sale in the store, that Ms. Smith began to learn the craft of storytelling.

Margaret Maron's latest book is the last to feature her popular character, Judge Deborah Knott. Long Upon The Land sees the judge dealing with a murder on her father's property (which is being investigated by her husband in his role as Sheriff's Deputy) & the mystery of a cigarette lighter that once belonged to her mother. DG Martin talked with her at the Bouchercon mystery writers convention.

Margaret Maron's latest book is the last to feature her popular character, Judge Deborah Knott. Long Upon The Land sees the judge dealing with a murder on her father's property (which is being investigated by her husband in his role as Sheriff's Deputy) & the mystery of a cigarette lighter that once belonged to her mother. DG Martin talked with her at the Bouchercon mystery writers convention.

Dr. Damon Tweedy writes about his own experiences with racism & segregation within the medical field; & how his own health also shaped his training & work in medicine. Black Man in a White Coat looks at the complex social, cultural, & economic factors at the root of most health problems within the black community, & also explores the challenges facing black doctors aiming to provide better care.

Dr. Damon Tweedy writes about his own experiences with racism & segregation within the medical field; & how his own health also shaped his training & work in medicine. Black Man in a White Coat looks at the complex social, cultural, & economic factors at the root of most health problems within the black community, & also explores the challenges facing black doctors aiming to provide better care.

Raleigh Author Sarah Shaber was the local guest of honor at Bouchercon 2015, the 46th annual mystery writers convention, held recently in NC. DG Martin sat down with her there to talk about latest book in her Louise Pearlie WWII Mysteries series, Louise's Chance.

Raleigh Author Sarah Shaber was the local guest of honor at Bouchercon 2015, the 46th annual mystery writers convention, held recently in NC. DG Martin sat down with her there to talk about latest book in her Louise Pearlie WWII Mysteries series, Louise's Chance.

Author, professor, & historian Dr. William Leuchtenburg's latest book is the only comprehensive history of the United States presidency in the twentieth century from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Dr. Leuchtenburg chronicles each president's unique contributions to running the executive office.

Author, professor, & historian Dr. William Leuchtenburg's latest book is the only comprehensive history of the United States presidency in the twentieth century from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Dr. Leuchtenburg chronicles each president's unique contributions to running the executive office.

Author, professor, & historian Dr. William Leuchtenburg's latest book is the only comprehensive history of the United States presidency in the twentieth century from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Dr. Leuchtenburg chronicles each president's unique contributions to running the executive office.

Author, professor, & historian Dr. William Leuchtenburg's latest book is the only comprehensive history of the United States presidency in the twentieth century from Theodore Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Dr. Leuchtenburg chronicles each president's unique contributions to running the executive office.

Author Kathy Reichs' latest book is the 18th in her Temperance Brennan series, which is the basis for the popular TV show Bones. Savvy readers know that the written storyline differs dramatically from the TV series. DG Martin caught up with Dr. Reichs at the annual Bouchercon mystery writers convention (held in Raleigh this year) to talk about Speaking In Bones.

Author Kathy Reichs' latest book is the 18th in her Temperance Brennan series, which is the basis for the popular TV show Bones. Savvy readers know that the written storyline differs dramatically from the TV series. DG Martin caught up with Dr. Reichs at the annual Bouchercon mystery writers convention (held in Raleigh this year) to talk about Speaking In Bones.

DG Martin interviews Dr. Gerald Bell - The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons From a Life in Coaching Play together. Play hard. Play smart. Those three goals, which Coach Dean Smith taught all of his teams, are among the mantras he shares in his new book, The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons From a Life in Coaching. In this episode,co-author Dr. Gerald Bell appears on North Carolina Bookwatch, to explain the ins and outs of Smith's legendary coaching philosophy and how anyone can apply it to team building and leadership challenges in business and in their personal lives. The experienced speaker and adjunct professor at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School shares how this all-new account from college's winningest coach can create ambitious, energetic, and loyal team players in us all.

State lawmakers look into the implementation of the Read to Achieve Law. Kelly McCullen discusses the issue further with Sen. Phil Berger. Heather Burgiss learns how Chris Dutcher uses his disease to teach children about people with different disabilities. And Catherine Chao gives us a preview of the 35th annual Minority Health Conference.

We take a look at two contributors to the Charlotte arts scene - drummer Shannon Williams, and the NC Dance Theatre. And author Wilton Barnhardt talks about his new book.

She lives on a farm in mountainous Madison County north of Asheville & sets her popular novels right there on the farms and small towns were she & her husband have lived since moving there from Tampa, Florida, in 1975. We will find out how she turns her mountain surroundings into compelling fiction when we talk to Vicki Lane about "Under the Skin" on North Carolina Bookwatch..... next.

One thing that most North Carolinians share is a love for our coast. We know our coast is fragile, but do we love it too much to protect it and how can we know what is best to do. Retired East Carolina professor Stanley Riggs will talk to us about “The Battle for North Carolina’s Coast: Evolutionary History, Present Crisis, and Vision for the Future,” on North Carolina Bookwatch……. next.

DG Martin sits down to talk with Jill McCorkle & Lee Smith about their upcoming books in this special edition of NC Bookwatch. Jill McCorkle's next book Life After Life will be coming in the Spring 2013. Lee Smith's "Guests on Earth" will be coming in the Fall 2013. Both authors talk about their work & about how they appreciate great North Carolina programing like NC Bookwatch..

DG Martin interviews Terry Roberts about his latest novel, "A Short Time To Stay Here." Roberts' book tells the story of love and war from a backdrop of a German internment camp at the Mountain Park Hotel in Hot Springs, North Carolina during World War I.

Woody Durham was the "voice of the Tar Heels" for 40 years and in his autobiography "Woody Durham: A Tar Heel Voice", Durham reveals the stories of his life and his thoughts on college sports. Many North Carolinians experienced Tar Heel sports through Durham's eyes and voice. DG Martin sits down and talks with the voice of the Tar Heels, Woody Durham.

DG Martin talks with Kevin Duffus about his book War Zone: World War Two Off the North Carolina Coast. War Zone tells the story of the little talked about war that waged off the coast of the Tar Heel state and the soldiers, sailors, and citizens who helped defend the country from Nazi U Boats.

Author Jay Leutze discusses his book Stand Up That Mountain with DG Martin.

Best Selling author Margaret Maron usually sets her popular Deborah Knott mystery novels in fictional Colleton County east of Raleigh where Knott grew up. But in her new book, "Three Day Town," she takes Judge Knott and her new husband to New York City for a winter holiday and honeymoon, and of course, a murder. DG Martin talks to Margaret Maron about "Three Day Town."

North Carolina native Ben Fountain has been honored with many awards for his writing and his book of short stories Brief Encounters with Che Guevara won widespread critical praise, but he has never published a novel == until now. "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk" already is being called the next great American novel and he talks to DG Martin about the book and its rich characters.

One of the most popular North Carolina fictional characters is a lady from a small town near Ashevile. Ann Ross talks to DG Martin about her book, Miss Julia To The Rescue

DG Martin interviews John Shelton Reed - Minding the South For more than thirty years John Shelton Reed has been "minding" the South—watching over it, providing commentary upon it. He is the author or editor of thirteen books about the South, and Reed has read widely and in depth about the South. His primary focus is upon Southerners' present-day culture and consciousness, but he knows that one must approach the South historically in order to understand the place and its people. Reed celebrates the South with a discussion of his latest book Minding the South on North Carolina Bookwatch. In this special episode, the Chapel Hill resident shares his wit, wisdom and Southern charm, never afraid to speak his mind, even when it comes to taking his beloved South to task and reveals how he has become known as one of the best "South watchers" there is.

DG Martin interviews Jim Early - The Best Tar Heel Barbecue:From Manteo to Murphy North Carolina native Jim Early traveled to over 200 restaurants, from Murphy to Manteo, to find the best barbecue that the Tar Heel State has to offer. His journey to all 100 North Carolina counties in search of the pinnacle of pork perfection is documented in his all-new book The Best Tar Heel Barbecue: From Manteo to Murphy. The author shares his behind-the-scenes look at Tar Heel barbecue on the latest edition of UNC-TV’s literary series, North Carolina Bookwatch. In this mouth-watering episode, Early explains how an attorney from Winston-Salem turned his passion for all things pig into what musician David Holt has called “the barbecue bible for country gourmets.”

DG Martin interviews Clyde Edgerton - Lunch at the Piccadilly With a hint of Southern charm, a dash of distinctive dialogue, and a whole lot of humor, North Carolina’s own Clyde Edgerton spoons up a healthy helping of old-timer fun in his latest book Lunch at the Piccadilly. The best-selling author discusses his eighth deliciously funny novel with host D.G. Martin on North Carolina Bookwatch, UNC-TV’s weekly literary series. During this special episode, Edgerton shares his sensitivity and sympathy for the challenges of aging through the ups and downs of his new novel’s nursing home residents at the Rosehaven Convalescent Center. Through the eyes of his middle-aged main character Carl Turnage, and his eccentric aunt, Rosehaven’s lively octogenarian Lil Olive, Edgerton takes us to Lunch at the Piccadilly with savvy, style, and an unabashed sense of humor.

DG Martin interviews Sharyn McCrumb - Ghost Riders North Carolina Bookwatch presents critically-acclaimed author Sharyn McCrumb whose Civil War chronicles set in the Southern mountains in her latest novel Ghost Riders, shares an extraordinary tale of the war that was fought farm-to-farm, neighbor-to-neighbor in the part of the South that never wanted to leave the union. In this one-on-one interview, the New York Times bestselling author reveals how she captured the horrors of a war that tore families apart, turned neighbors into enemies, and left the survivors bitter long after the fighting was officially over. In the process, McCrumb introduces a fascinating narrative, rich in historical detail that once again highlights her gift for story-telling and her love of the mountain South.

DG Martin interviews John May - Poe & Fanny Poe & Fanny is historical fiction revolving around one of the most famous and tragic figures in American literature—Edgar Allan Poe. Author John May brings New York's giddy pre-Civil War social scene into brilliant focus in this perfectly imagined novel of a doomed man and the great love that sealed his fate. John May shares how he breathes new life into the history, and the mystery, of this literary icon. Through the eyes of this Greensboro resident reveals the drama of this historical icon acted out against the backdrop of nineteenth-century New York's vibrant arthouse swirl.

DG Martin interviews Lynn York The Piano Teacher With a bevy of characters who have their share of mistakes and losses haunting them, author Lynn York’s debut novel The Piano Teacher captures North Carolina small-town life with depth, quirky humor and intrigue. Sunday, January 9, at 5 PM, on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch, the native North Carolinian shares her fictional exploration of scandal in a Southern town with her first endeavor in the Swan’s Knob series. York reveals how she returned to the Tar Heel State to create a heroine that author Lee Smith called “Eudora Welty meets Miss Marple in this sweet, sexy Southern tour de force.”

DG Martin interviews Steven Sherrill - Visits from the Drowned Girl Steve Sherrill’s latest novel, Visits from the Drowned Girl, introduces the reader to protagonist Benny Poteat, a maintenance worker on high who spends much of his life suspended above the community he serves—a voyeur from a unique vantage point who witnesses an event that will change his life forever. In this Halloween episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, author Steven Sherrill shares the secrets of Benny and his down home friends as they maneuver through the trials and travails of love, sex, friendship, art and he secrets of death.

DG Martin interviews Carl Ernst - Following Muhammad Unlike many "Islam 101" books published since September 11, 2001, Following Muhammad avoids the traps of sensational political exposé and specialized scholarly Orientalism. With translations of selections from Islamic texts, some appearing in English for the first time, Ernst offers access to Muslim voices and key themes, particularly the central role of the Prophet Muhammad. Carl Ernst introduces readers to the profound spiritual resources of Islam found in his new book, while clarifying diversity and debate within the tradition. The UNC-Chapel Hill professor shares the contemporary importance of Islam in both its traditional settings and its new locations and provides a context for understanding extremist movements like fundamentalism.

DG Martin interviews Dr. Gerald Bell - The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons From a Life in Coaching Play together. Play hard. Play smart. Those three goals, which Coach Dean Smith taught all of his teams, are among the mantras he shares in his new book, The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons From a Life in Coaching. In this episode,co-author Dr. Gerald Bell appears on North Carolina Bookwatch, to explain the ins and outs of Smith's legendary coaching philosophy and how anyone can apply it to team building and leadership challenges in business and in their personal lives. The experienced speaker and adjunct professor at UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School shares how this all-new account from college's winningest coach can create ambitious, energetic, and loyal team players in us all.

DG Martin interviews Orrin Pilkey - How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels What makes sea foam? What are those tiny sand volcanoes along the waterline? You'll find the answers to these questions and dozens more in the all-new comprehensive field guide to the state's beaches, How to Read a North Carolina Beach: Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels which shows visitors how to decipher the mysteries of the beach and interpret clues to an ever-changing geological story. Author Orrin Pilkey discusses the large-scale processes, such as the composition and interaction of wind, waves, and sand, as well as smaller features, such as bubble holes, drift lines, and black sands that make up our Tar Heel coast. Take a walk on the beach with this coastal expert as he reveals some of the secrets and the science of the North Carolina shoreline.

DG Martin interviews Karen Barker - Sweet Stuff: Karen Barker's American Desserts Drawing on years of professional experience as well as memories of cooking and baking from her New York childhood, in her all-new recipe book, Sweet Stuff, Karen Barker starts with the fundamentals, offering advice on selecting key ingredients, suggestions for essential kitchen equipment, and even tips on ways to fit dessert-making into the busiest of schedules. As the award-winning co-owner of Durham's acclaimed Magnolia Grill, Barker shares the tastiest tricks of the trade and tempts your taste buds. In this mouth-watering special episode of Bookwatch, Barker reveals how she creates some of the signature delights that make Magnolia Grill one of the best-known restaurants in the Carolinas-and Gourmet Magazine's 11th best restaurant in the country.

DG Martin interviews Bill Thompson - Sweet Tea, Fried Chicken & Lazy Dogs: Reflections on North Carolina Life Bill Thompson's hilarious and often-insightful essays Sweet Tea, Fried Chicken, and Lazy Dogs: Reflections on North Carolina Life celebrate small-town and rural life in North Carolina. Thompson introduces his anthology of anecdotes that will resonate with native North Carolinians and those who have adopted the ways of the Old North State. From food and farming to family and neighbors, Thompson's down-home roots bring humor and common sense into this delightful collection of true Tar Heel stories.

DG Martin interviews J. Peder Zane - Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading Headlining an all-new season of North Carolina Bookwatch, Raleigh News & Observer book reviewer J. Peder Zane presents his eye-opening anthology Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Reading, in which acclaimed authors share their life-altering encounters with the world of books. Zane shares many of the personal stories behind his all-new collection of essays that read like short stories from acclaimed authors including Jonathan Lethem, Haven Kimmel, Charles Frazier, and Bebe Moore Campbell. Tapping classic works such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Cat in the Hat as well as obscure novels such as Karel Capek's The War of the Newts, this long-time editor reveals how literature has tempted, enchanted, and changed dozens of your favorite writers and the readers who delight in their works.

DG Martin interviews Sheila Kay Adams - My Old True Love Author Sheila Kay Adams, a seventh-generation balladeer and native of Madison County, appears on UNC-TV’s weekly local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch to describe how she has turned the oral history of her family into a stunning debut novel. In Adam’s novel My Old True Love, the author yields a story inspired by her ancestors and ballads of the English, Scottish, and Irish. These long, sad stories of heartbreak and betrayal, violence and love, have been sung for generations by the descendents of those who settled the Appalachian Mountains in the 1700s. As they raised their children, the settlers taught them first to sing—as the songs seemed to tell the children everything they needed to know about life.

DG Martin interviews Orin Starn - Ishi's Brain In his compelling new book, anthropologist Orin Starn delves into Ishi's Brain, charting his way into the Indian's world, and reassessing the man at the center of a life obscured by mythmaking and folklore: "Ishi, the museum curiosity, the last of his tribe, the explorer of a new world unknown to him, the man whose real Indian name remains a mystery today." Intrigued by Ishi the man, and by the legend of Ishi, and drawn into the world of modern Indians searching for their own meanings in the story of the last "wild" Indian, Starn's research, interviews and travels have produced a fascinating portrait that is balanced, nuanced and insightful. In this episode, Starn leads viewers on a journey through the evolution of the field of anthropology, from the early, invasive students of other cultures to present-day anthropologists are torn by the dilemma of how to approach and study a culture without invading it or altering it.

DG Martin interviews BJ Mountford - Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks Bloodlines of Shackleford Banks is the latest murder mystery set on the southern end of our Outer Bank from author B.J. Mountford. Mountford's fiction is full of history, ecology, weather, the pressures of tourism and development, veterinary science, pathology and North Carolina politics all of which are key to solving the otherwise unexplainable killings that take place during the roundup the Shackleford Banks' signature wild horses. In this episode, the Emerald Isle resident reveals how she creatively weaves a murder mystery into a historical fiction surrounding the Outer Banks' equine inhabitants.

DG Martin interviews Bart Ehrman - Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew In his latest book Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew, author Bart D. Ehrman offers a fascinating look at the early forms of Christianity and shows how they came to be suppressed, reformed, or forgotten. Ehrman appears on UNC-TV’s literary series North Carolina Bookwatch to describe his in-depth examination of the battles that raged between 'proto-orthodox Christians'—those who eventually compiled the canonical books of the New Testament and standardized Christian belief—and the groups they denounced as heretics and ultimately overcame.

DG Martin interviews Chuck Stone - Squizzy the Black Squirrel: A Fabulous Fable of Friendship Squizzy the Black Squirrel: A Fabulous Fable of Friendship is a tale of an unlikely friendship between a seven-year-old African American boy named Marcus and a black squirrel called Squizzy. Squizzy teaches Marcus that judging one's friend by the color of his skin is just plain silly. After all, color is only skin (or fur) deep. North Carolina Bookwatch features author and UNC-Chapel Hill Journalism professor Chuck Stone as he shares his first foray in the world of children’s books and the profound principles he imparts in every page.

DG Martin interviews John Dalton - Heaven Lake Major novelists have already hailed Heaven Lake, the story of a young American’s journey across China in search of love and revelation, as an extraordinary debut from author John Dalton. This new talent shares his all-new exquisite narrative that arcs across the Chinese landscape as gracefully as it plumbs the human heart. The North Carolina resident reveals how his extraordinary debut about a modern-day missionary yields a profound and passionate exploration of the mysteries of love.

DG Martin interviews Pat Taylor - Fourth Down and Goal To Go In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, Taylor expounds on the events that have shaped North Carolina into the state it is today. Commenting on parts of North Carolina history, he successfully explains the present economic, political and social atmosphere of the region found in his must-read for any native North Carolinian or Southern historian.

DG Martin interviews Pat Taylor - Fourth Down and Goal To Go In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, Taylor expounds on the events that have shaped North Carolina into the state it is today. Commenting on parts of North Carolina history, he successfully explains the present economic, political and social atmosphere of the region found in his must-read for any native North Carolinian or Southern historian.

DG Martin interviews Charles Frazier - Thirteen Moons In this episode of UNC-TV’s local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch, Frazier shares his all-new story in which a rootless and restless protagonist, like Cold Mountain’s embattled hero, Inman, expends the energies of a long lifetime seeking permanent reunion with the only woman he’ll ever love.

DG Martin interviews Charles Frazier - Thirteen Moons In this episode of UNC-TV’s local literary series North Carolina Bookwatch, Frazier shares his all-new story in which a rootless and restless protagonist, like Cold Mountain’s embattled hero, Inman, expends the energies of a long lifetime seeking permanent reunion with the only woman he’ll ever love.

DG Martin interviews Lee Smith - On Agate Hill It is 1872, Agate Hill, North Carolina. On her thirteenth birthday, Molly Petree peeps out the chink of a window from her secret hiding place up in the eaves of a tumbledown old plantation house to survey a world gone wild, all expectations overthrown, all order gone. “I know I am a spitfire and a burden,” she begins her diary. “I do not care. My family is a dead family, and this is not my home, for I am a refugee girl…but evil or good I will write it all down every true thing in black and white upon the page, for evil or good it is my own true life and I WILL have it. I will.” Carefully she places the diary in her treasured “box of phenomena” which will contain “letters, poems, songs, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and a large collection of bones, some human and some not” by the time it is found during a historic renovation project in 2003.

DG Martin interviews Lee Smith - On Agate Hill It is 1872, Agate Hill, North Carolina. On her thirteenth birthday, Molly Petree peeps out the chink of a window from her secret hiding place up in the eaves of a tumbledown old plantation house to survey a world gone wild, all expectations overthrown, all order gone. “I know I am a spitfire and a burden,” she begins her diary. “I do not care. My family is a dead family, and this is not my home, for I am a refugee girl…but evil or good I will write it all down every true thing in black and white upon the page, for evil or good it is my own true life and I WILL have it. I will.” Carefully she places the diary in her treasured “box of phenomena” which will contain “letters, poems, songs, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and a large collection of bones, some human and some not” by the time it is found during a historic renovation project in 2003.

DG Martin interviews Angela Davis-Gardner - Plum Wine In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, author and North Carolina State University professor Angela Davis-Gardner examines the human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war that runs deep in Plum Wine 's original and timeless tale.

DG Martin interviews Angela Davis-Gardner - Plum Wine In this episode of North Carolina Bookwatch, author and North Carolina State University professor Angela Davis-Gardner examines the human relationships, cultural differences, and the irreparable consequences of war that runs deep in Plum Wine 's original and timeless tale.

DG Martin interviews Mark Ethridge - Grievances For more than twenty years, the murder of a thirteen-year-old boy during racial unrest in rural South Carolina has gone unpunished, unsolved, even uninvestigated. But that changes when Charlotte Times reporter Matt Harper sits down with a fellow who shows up in the newsroom—a guy with a grievance. As he struggles with his journalistic legacy, Harper comes to understand why the investigation must be pursued and why he must be the one to do it—despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces that do not want the story told, and his father's ill health.

DG Martin interviews Art Chansky - Blue Blood For fifty years, the rivalry between Duke and Carolina has featured famous brawls, endless controversy, long-nurtured hatred—and some of the best basketball ever played in the history of the sport. The Duke-Carolina rivalry has fostered more than thirty former players from the two schools playing or coaching in the NBA; it has cultivated a maniacal subculture of fans who camp out for weeks just to get tickets to the seasonal matchups; it has enchanted a nation of spectators to watch games between the archrivals, garnering some of the highest regular-season TV ratings in history. Art Chansky's Blue Blood : Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops is a chronicle of the Duke-Carolina fight as it has evolved over the last fifty years— celebrateing the history of this rivalry, the traditions, the heritage, and, most importantly—the spectacular basketball.

DG Martin interviews Art Chansky - Blue Blood For fifty years, the rivalry between Duke and Carolina has featured famous brawls, endless controversy, long-nurtured hatred—and some of the best basketball ever played in the history of the sport. The Duke-Carolina rivalry has fostered more than thirty former players from the two schools playing or coaching in the NBA; it has cultivated a maniacal subculture of fans who camp out for weeks just to get tickets to the seasonal matchups; it has enchanted a nation of spectators to watch games between the archrivals, garnering some of the highest regular-season TV ratings in history. Art Chansky's Blue Blood : Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops is a chronicle of the Duke-Carolina fight as it has evolved over the last fifty years— celebrateing the history of this rivalry, the traditions, the heritage, and, most importantly—the spectacular basketball.

DG Martin interviews Mark Ethridge - Grievances For more than twenty years, the murder of a thirteen-year-old boy during racial unrest in rural South Carolina has gone unpunished, unsolved, even uninvestigated. But that changes when Charlotte Times reporter Matt Harper sits down with a fellow who shows up in the newsroom—a guy with a grievance. As he struggles with his journalistic legacy, Harper comes to understand why the investigation must be pursued and why he must be the one to do it—despite the opposition of his publisher, violent threats from mysterious forces that do not want the story told, and his father's ill health.

DG Martin interviews Paul Leonard - Music of a Thousand Hammers-Inside Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International focuses on two goals. The first is to build as many houses as it can, using the principles of sweat equity, no interest, no-profit, volunteer-driven construction- one house, one family at a time-in every corner of the world. Today, Habitat is completing a house somewhere in the world every 26 minutes (20,000 per year). Habitat also attempts to make housing a matter of conscience everywhere. Habitat wants everyone to understand that it is morally and socially unacceptable for any human being not to have a simple, decent place to sleep at night. Yet, all is not well in the Habitat household. In late 2004, Habitat’s founder Millard Fuller was forced out of his job by the board of directors of the Christian homebuilding ministry. The announcement that Fuller was stepping down came near the end of a tumultuous year for Fuller and the Americus, Georgia-based organization that he co-founded in 1976 with his wife, Linda. The year included allegations against Fuller by a female employee of inappropriate behavior and a struggle concerning the organization’s future. The shakeout, now apparently complete, could affect Habitat for years.

DG Martin interviews Paul Leonard - Music of a Thousand Hammers-Inside Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International focuses on two goals. The first is to build as many houses as it can, using the principles of sweat equity, no interest, no-profit, volunteer-driven construction- one house, one family at a time-in every corner of the world. Today, Habitat is completing a house somewhere in the world every 26 minutes (20,000 per year). Habitat also attempts to make housing a matter of conscience everywhere. Habitat wants everyone to understand that it is morally and socially unacceptable for any human being not to have a simple, decent place to sleep at night. Yet, all is not well in the Habitat household. In late 2004, Habitat’s founder Millard Fuller was forced out of his job by the board of directors of the Christian homebuilding ministry. The announcement that Fuller was stepping down came near the end of a tumultuous year for Fuller and the Americus, Georgia-based organization that he co-founded in 1976 with his wife, Linda. The year included allegations against Fuller by a female employee of inappropriate behavior and a struggle concerning the organization’s future. The shakeout, now apparently complete, could affect Habitat for years.

DG Martin interviews Will Blythe - To Hate Like This is to be Happy Forever The basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina is the fiercest blood feud in college athletics. To legions of otherwise reasonable adults, it is a conflict that surpasses sports; it is locals against outsiders, elitists against populists, even good against evil. It is thousands of grown men and women with jobs and families screaming themselves hoarse at eighteen-year-old basketball geniuses, trading conspiracy theories in online chat rooms, and weeping like babies when their teams—when they —lose. In North Carolina, where both schools are located, the rivalry may be a way of aligning oneself with larger philosophic ideals—of choosing teams in life—a tradition of partisanship that reveals the pleasures and even the necessity of hatred.

DG Martin interviews John Hart - King of Lies John Hart's stunning debut, King of Lies is a complex mystery thriller. Hart's protagonist, Jackson Workman Pickens, whom most people call "Work," is a struggling North Carolina criminal defense attorney. Work has wrestled with inner demons for most of his life, especially after the death of his mother and the disappearance of his wealthy father, Ezra Pickens, a highly successful lawyer who took him into his practice. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack.

DG Martin interviews Dot Jackson - Refuge In Refuge , a young Charleston society matron named Mary Seneca Steele goes to bed while considering what to wear for her suicide. Now, suddenly seized by an otherworldly fiddle tune playing in her head, she arises, steals her children and her husband's new Auburn Phaeton, and sets out on a journey of enlightenment in the year 1929, which begins with learning to drive. Before she makes this impetuous exit from the proper South, Mary Sen's worst transgression has been going out in public without her hat. But there will be no returning to her old life once she abandons it.

DG Martin interviews Sarah Dessen - Just Listen New York Times Bestselling author Sarah Dessen returns with Just Listen , a multi-layered, impossible to put down book that perfectly depicts Annabel, a teenager dealing with the hardest year of her life. Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything"—at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf 's Department Store.This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong—tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth telling. With Owen's help, maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.

DG Martin interviews Kristin Henderson - While They’re at War There is a war story most Americans never hear. It is the story of what life is like for the women and men who are married to the military when a loved one is deployed. Most have seen the tearful goodbyes and the joyful homecomings occasionally caught on camera, but the rest of the homefront experience has been hidden behind closed doors, until now. In While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront , author Kristin Henderson exposes the often-difficult aspects of military culture on and off America's bases.

DG Martin interviews David Payne - Back to Wando Passo David Payne has been hailed as "the most gifted American novelist of his generation" ( Boston Globe ) and has been likened to "Pat Conroy or perhaps a Southern John Irving" ( Winston-Salem Journal ). Now, in his new novel, Back to Wando Passo , Payne introduces us to Ransom Hill, lead singer of a legendary-but-now-defunct indie rock group who has come to South Carolina to turn over a new leaf. A bighearted artist and a bit of a wild man, Ran knows that his wife Claire's patience with him hangs by a frayed thread. After a five-month separation, he's come south from New York City to rejoin her and their two young children at Wando Passo, Claire's inherited family estate, determined to save his marriage, his family, and himself.

DG Martin interviews John Hope Franklin - Mirror to America At ninety years old, John Hope Franklin remains one of the most admired, influential and relevant historians in the world. Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin is not only a unique and invaluable historical document, but a testament to the courage and determination of one American who throughout the twentieth century and in the twenty-first—from the first petition he was selected to deliver to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his appointment as chair of President Clinton's taskforce (to say nothing of his writing and scholarship)—has helped redirect the social and political course of our nation.

DG Martin interviews Allan Gurganus - New Stories from the South In the third decade of the New Stories from the South series—the book welcomes a new editor—Allan Gurganus. In this latest collection, Gurganus combed through hundreds of short stories written in 2005 to assemble a muscular array of talent, twenty stories ranging from low-down, high-octane farce to dark, erotic suspense.

DG Martin interviews Andrew Britton - The American With a mix of his own military knowledge and vivid creativity, Andrew Britton sets his new novel The American in contemporary times, introducing readers to 33-year-old Ryan Kealy, a man who has achieved more in his military and CIA career than most men can dream of in a lifetime, but who has also seen the worst life has to offer and is lucky to have survived it. Now, living on the coast of Maine, Ryan wants nothing more than to be left to his sporadic teaching and his demons. However, he is soon brought out of retirement when a complicated terrorist plot to assassinate the U.S., French, and Italian presidents by Al-Qaeda, Iranian terrorists, and even Americans out to destroy their own country, is uncovered.

DG Martin interviews Leah Stewart - The Myth of You and Me When Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was her best friend---no one could come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet.When an unexpected letter arrives from Sonia ten years after the incident that ended their friendship, Cameron doesn't reply, despite Oliver's urging. But then he passes away, and Cameron discovers that he has left her with one final task: to track down Sonia and hand-deliver a mysterious package to her. Now without a job, a home, and a purpose, Cameron decides to honor his request, setting off on the road to find this stranger who was once her inseparable other half.

DG Martin interviews Tom Carlson - Hatteras Blues When young Ernal Foster spent his life savings to build a juniper-hulled sportfishing boat in 1937, he gave birth to what would become the multimillion-dollar charter fishing industry on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Today, Ernal's son, Captain Ernie Foster, struggles to keep the family business alive in a time of great change on the Outer Banks. Hatteras Blues is their story—a story of triumph and loss, of sturdy Calvinist values and pell-mell American progress, and of fate and luck as capricious as the weather. Within the engaging saga of the rise and decline of one family's livelihood, Tom Carlson relates the high-adrenaline experience of blue-water sportfishing and the precarious early development of Hatteras Village in the heart of "Hurricane Alley."

DG Martin interviews Bill Smith - Seasoned in the South For more than a decade now, Bill Smith has presided over the kitchen at Crook's Corner, bringing his instinctive and creative approach to cooking to an ever-growing, always enthusiastic crowd who have come to associate dining at Crook's with good company, great food, and a belief that every meal is a reason for celebration. Bill Smith's recipes are marvelously uncomplicated: Tomato and Watermelon Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes with Corn and Mustard Butter Sauce, Cold Stuffed Pork Loin with an Artichoke Spread, Scallops with Spinach and Hominy, Really Good Banana Pudding, and Honeysuckle Sorbet. Structured around the seasons and inspired by the abundant local produce, these recipes not only reinvent classics of Southern culinary tradition, but offer up imaginative interpretations of bistro fare.

DG Martin interviews William Leuchtenburg - The White House Looks South Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Their intimate associations with the South gave these three presidents an empathy toward and acceptance in the region. In urging southerners to jettison outworn folkways, Roosevelt could speak as a neighbor and adopted son, Truman as a border-stater who had been taught to revere the Lost Cause, and Johnson as a native who had been scorned by Yankees.

DG Martin interviews Will Blythe - To Hate Like This is to be Happy Forever The basketball rivalry between Duke and North Carolina is the fiercest blood feud in college athletics. To legions of otherwise reasonable adults, it is a conflict that surpasses sports; it is locals against outsiders, elitists against populists, even good against evil. It is thousands of grown men and women with jobs and families screaming themselves hoarse at eighteen-year-old basketball geniuses, trading conspiracy theories in online chat rooms, and weeping like babies when their teams—when they —lose. In North Carolina, where both schools are located, the rivalry may be a way of aligning oneself with larger philosophic ideals—of choosing teams in life—a tradition of partisanship that reveals the pleasures and even the necessity of hatred.

DG Martin interviews Dot Jackson - Refuge In Refuge , a young Charleston society matron named Mary Seneca Steele goes to bed while considering what to wear for her suicide. Now, suddenly seized by an otherworldly fiddle tune playing in her head, she arises, steals her children and her husband's new Auburn Phaeton, and sets out on a journey of enlightenment in the year 1929, which begins with learning to drive. Before she makes this impetuous exit from the proper South, Mary Sen's worst transgression has been going out in public without her hat. But there will be no returning to her old life once she abandons it.

DG Martin interviews John Hart - King of Lies John Hart's stunning debut, King of Lies is a complex mystery thriller. Hart's protagonist, Jackson Workman Pickens, whom most people call "Work," is a struggling North Carolina criminal defense attorney. Work has wrestled with inner demons for most of his life, especially after the death of his mother and the disappearance of his wealthy father, Ezra Pickens, a highly successful lawyer who took him into his practice. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack.

DG Martin interviews Sarah Dessen - Just Listen New York Times Bestselling author Sarah Dessen returns with Just Listen , a multi-layered, impossible to put down book that perfectly depicts Annabel, a teenager dealing with the hardest year of her life. Last year, Annabel was "the girl who has everything"—at least that's the part she played in the television commercial for Kopf 's Department Store.This year, she's the girl who has nothing: no best friend because mean-but-exciting Sophie dropped her, no peace at home since her older sister became anorexic, and no one to sit with at lunch. Until she meets Owen Armstrong—tall, dark, and music-obsessed, Owen is a reformed bad boy with a commitment to truth telling. With Owen's help, maybe Annabel can face what happened the night she and Sophie stopped being friends.

DG Martin interviews David Payne - Back to Wando Passo David Payne has been hailed as "the most gifted American novelist of his generation" ( Boston Globe ) and has been likened to "Pat Conroy or perhaps a Southern John Irving" ( Winston-Salem Journal ). Now, in his new novel, Back to Wando Passo , Payne introduces us to Ransom Hill, lead singer of a legendary-but-now-defunct indie rock group who has come to South Carolina to turn over a new leaf. A bighearted artist and a bit of a wild man, Ran knows that his wife Claire's patience with him hangs by a frayed thread. After a five-month separation, he's come south from New York City to rejoin her and their two young children at Wando Passo, Claire's inherited family estate, determined to save his marriage, his family, and himself.

DG Martin interviews John Hope Franklin - Mirror to America At ninety years old, John Hope Franklin remains one of the most admired, influential and relevant historians in the world. Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin is not only a unique and invaluable historical document, but a testament to the courage and determination of one American who throughout the twentieth century and in the twenty-first—from the first petition he was selected to deliver to President Franklin D. Roosevelt to his appointment as chair of President Clinton's taskforce (to say nothing of his writing and scholarship)—has helped redirect the social and political course of our nation.

DG Martin interviews Allan Gurganus - New Stories from the South In the third decade of the New Stories from the South series—the book welcomes a new editor—Allan Gurganus. In this latest collection, Gurganus combed through hundreds of short stories written in 2005 to assemble a muscular array of talent, twenty stories ranging from low-down, high-octane farce to dark, erotic suspense.

DG Martin interviews Andrew Britton - The American With a mix of his own military knowledge and vivid creativity, Andrew Britton sets his new novel The American in contemporary times, introducing readers to 33-year-old Ryan Kealy, a man who has achieved more in his military and CIA career than most men can dream of in a lifetime, but who has also seen the worst life has to offer and is lucky to have survived it. Now, living on the coast of Maine, Ryan wants nothing more than to be left to his sporadic teaching and his demons. However, he is soon brought out of retirement when a complicated terrorist plot to assassinate the U.S., French, and Italian presidents by Al-Qaeda, Iranian terrorists, and even Americans out to destroy their own country, is uncovered.

DG Martin interviews Leah Stewart - The Myth of You and Me When Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was her best friend---no one could come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet.When an unexpected letter arrives from Sonia ten years after the incident that ended their friendship, Cameron doesn't reply, despite Oliver's urging. But then he passes away, and Cameron discovers that he has left her with one final task: to track down Sonia and hand-deliver a mysterious package to her. Now without a job, a home, and a purpose, Cameron decides to honor his request, setting off on the road to find this stranger who was once her inseparable other half.

DG Martin interviews Tom Carlson - Hatteras Blues When young Ernal Foster spent his life savings to build a juniper-hulled sportfishing boat in 1937, he gave birth to what would become the multimillion-dollar charter fishing industry on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Today, Ernal's son, Captain Ernie Foster, struggles to keep the family business alive in a time of great change on the Outer Banks. Hatteras Blues is their story—a story of triumph and loss, of sturdy Calvinist values and pell-mell American progress, and of fate and luck as capricious as the weather. Within the engaging saga of the rise and decline of one family's livelihood, Tom Carlson relates the high-adrenaline experience of blue-water sportfishing and the precarious early development of Hatteras Village in the heart of "Hurricane Alley."

DG Martin interviews Bill Smith - Seasoned in the South For more than a decade now, Bill Smith has presided over the kitchen at Crook's Corner, bringing his instinctive and creative approach to cooking to an ever-growing, always enthusiastic crowd who have come to associate dining at Crook's with good company, great food, and a belief that every meal is a reason for celebration. Bill Smith's recipes are marvelously uncomplicated: Tomato and Watermelon Salad, Fried Green Tomatoes with Corn and Mustard Butter Sauce, Cold Stuffed Pork Loin with an Artichoke Spread, Scallops with Spinach and Hominy, Really Good Banana Pudding, and Honeysuckle Sorbet. Structured around the seasons and inspired by the abundant local produce, these recipes not only reinvent classics of Southern culinary tradition, but offer up imaginative interpretations of bistro fare.

DG Martin interviews William Leuchtenburg - The White House Looks South Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Their intimate associations with the South gave these three presidents an empathy toward and acceptance in the region. In urging southerners to jettison outworn folkways, Roosevelt could speak as a neighbor and adopted son, Truman as a border-stater who had been taught to revere the Lost Cause, and Johnson as a native who had been scorned by Yankees.

DG Martin interviews Kristin Henderson - While They’re at War There is a war story most Americans never hear. It is the story of what life is like for the women and men who are married to the military when a loved one is deployed. Most have seen the tearful goodbyes and the joyful homecomings occasionally caught on camera, but the rest of the homefront experience has been hidden behind closed doors, until now. In While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront , author Kristin Henderson exposes the often-difficult aspects of military culture on and off America's bases.