The Undiscovered Country

When Randle's mother becomes critically ill he rushes to her bedside to comfort her. As he puts her affairs in order, he expects to face long-suppressed memories and contemptuous siblings, but he does not expect to discover that in her younger years, while he was an unaware child, his mother was a feisty, courageous woman who bravely battled an abusive husband and made fateful decisions for the good of her children. Now she wants nothing more than to die with dignity, with her secrets intact. 

But Randle learns that her husband was not his birth father, that a wealthy man who is being extorted claims to be his birth father, and his mother hopes to take the secret of his biological father's identity to her grave. As he grapples with the implications, Randle uncovers a murder no one knew had been committed. When he unravels his mother's dark secrets, he is left with the agonizing choices of revenge, greed, and forgiveness. 

"A precise, elaborate tale that shows just how menacing a family's history can be." — Kirkus Reviews

"An intriguing who-done-it story that critiques antiquated social practices while remaining affectionate to its Georgia setting… A story centered on an all-around Southern family, complete with all the dying pageantry and tradition of passing generations in a changing South.” — Deep South Magazine