Winds Through the Pines

A novel that centers on two generations of corrupt judges and their domination over a small rural Georgia county. The father and son jurist rule an organization that focuses on profits from bootlegging, speed traps, and clip joints. They target unknowing northern tourists passing through the community on their way to vacation in Florida. Mass change occurs after the development of interstate 95 takes traffic away from U.S. highway 301, the county's main highway. Such makes the crooked...
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A novel that centers on two generations of corrupt judges and their domination over a small rural Georgia county. The father and son jurist rule an organization that focuses on profits from bootlegging, speed traps, and clip joints. They target unknowing northern tourists passing through the community on their way to vacation in Florida. Mass change occurs after the development of interstate 95 takes traffic away from U.S. highway 301, the county's main highway. Such makes the crooked judge evolve from moonshine to drug smuggling. Money problems with the Columbian cartel ends in murder. The story revolves around three men, friends since childhood that ride a wave of change where their diverse ideologies cause them to draw their lines in the sand. The story integrates three wealthy and influential sisters who struggle to get along in a dynamic relationship churned by the community shenanigans that surrounds them. The tale embraces the safe haven and wisdom provided by an old Indian women soothsayer and healer whose forecast of the future are integrally linked to everyone. Finally, the novel illustrates the personal sacrifices and work of a noble sheriff and a faithful Methodist minister who set the course for the law and the community to come together for justice to run its course.This novel is a suspenseful fast-paced thriller seasoned with romance and mystery steeped in faith and Southern culture that carries the reader through the vices and virtues of the human condition.