Bilge Water Bones: A Luanne Fogarty Mystery (Hardcover)

Alam’s writing is lyrical, shot through with sly humor and affection for the denizens of the swamp. Bilge Water Bones begins: "The waters of the South are like its people, strong with underlying evils and a beauty that lasts forever. And like the people they hide ghosts that ride the surface in the early morning mists when the water is warmer than the air. Sometimes the mists sweep through the palmetto bushes on shore and creep between the heavy oaks like a grand lady’s white handkerchief, folding in and out, rising from the forest floor now, crawling back into the bottom scrub, only to reappear on the front porch and lie in wait for the blistering sun to evaporate all but the memory…"

About the Author
Glynn Marsh Alam is a native Floridian. Born in Tallahassee, she is familiar with the live oak forests and cypress swamps of the area. She also knows the sinkholes and reptilia that abound there. She often swims in the cold, clear springs above the openings to fathomless caves. These are the settings for her Luanne Fogarty mystery series (Deep Water Death, Dive Deep and Deadly, Cold Water Corpse) and for her literary novel, River Whispers.

After graduating from Florida State University, Glynn worked as a decoder/ translator for the National Security Agency in D.C., then moved to Los Angeles where she taught writing and literature and earned an MA in linguistics. After many years of traveling back to Florida twice a year, she has now moved there and writes full time.