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Lowcountry Punch: Just The Ticket For Armchair Travelers Hankering For The Sultry South

If you’re sick of winter weather, take a trip to Charleston, SC, rated #1 city in the US for three years running by the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards. You won’t even need to leave home. Boo Walker’s Lowcountry Punch (Sandy Run Press) evokes Charleston’s gritty side and its charm so vividly the city itself is essential to the cast of characters.

In Lowcountry Punch, DEA Agent T.A. Reddick leaves Miami for Charleston, SC after one of the worst nights of his life. He’s hoping a return to his roots will heal a wounded heart and the guilt of killing a friend. The sleepy and sultry city of Charleston is filled with echoes of the Old South: genteel playboys, society debutantes, and quiet cobblestone streets. 

But as Reddick will soon discover, there’s danger lurking under her charming veneer.  When a movie star’s death shines a national spotlight on Charleston’s underground cocaine trade, he must go undercover to find the main supplier and shut him down. As a hurricane bears down on the port city and the DEA gets ready to spring its trap, Reddick must contend with more than he ever could have imagined. Brash and bold, TA Reddick is a hero you won’t soon forget. 

Boo Walker also set Off You Go, a gripping and clever novella, in colorful Charleston. His second novel, Turn or Burn, has received critical acclaim. Walker attended College of Charleston before moving to Nashville to work as a banjoist and songwriter for the avant-garde punchgrass band, The Biscuit Boys. Some hand problems knocked him out of the game, and he stumbled into a position with Automated Trading Desk, a short term equity trading firm based out of Charleston, SC.

When Boo decided it was time for a change, he grew out a handlebar mustache and moved clear across the country into a double-wide trailer situated on 5 acres of Malbec vines just down the road from Hedges Family Estate (see http://www.hedgesfamilyestate.com) on Red Mountain in Washington State.  The Hedges family took him in and taught him the art of farming and the old world philosophies of wine. He now travels the world peddling the family’s juice, and chances are you can find him in an airport somewhere working on his next novel.

For more, please visit the website, www.boowalker.com

Lowcountry Punch
Sandy Run Press
Available in print and e-book exclusively from Amazon

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Critical Acclaim from GoodReads Readers:

Tony Viardo: “The protagonist TA Reddick is wonderfully rendered. You not only end up rooting for him, you almost wish he lived on your street so you can hang out with him….The other aspect that makes this book great is the setting. You really get a flavor of the Old South….well done. The writing is quality and fast paced…”

Brenda Youngerman: “…. all the things that mystery and thriller readers love—fast-moving, expertly crafted plot, intelligent twists, plenty of action/surprises etc.—but it also gives us a fully rendered character, with a personal story that’s just as engaging (and surprising) as the action….a really fun read.”

Jackie: “Brash and bold, TA Reddick is a hero you won’t soon forget. Lowcountry Punch is an action-packed novel that will have you on your knees begging for more.”

Richard (Bound & Determined…): “I am proud of my Southern roots and proud to be a South Carolinian. Y’all, Lowcountry Punch is one of the reasons I am so proud….Boo Walker (isn’t that a great name?) leaps onto the scene with his hard-hitting, fast-paced, in-your-face Lowcountry Punch. This ain’t your mama’s thriller.”

Donna Huber: “…a well-written crime thriller, but it is his characters that really steal the show. You’re going to want more, too. Thankfully the ending is left open enough that perhaps Boo will let us revisit Charleston and TA Reddick’s wild adventures in crime and love.”

Trish Stevens – Ascot Media Group – Public Relations (PR)

 

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