Joe Lee
Joe Lee has a background in radio, television, and journalism and was a radio disc-jockey and a television weatherman before becoming a full-time author and publisher. A graduate of Mississippi State University, he has over 1,000 non-fiction news and feature stories to his credit and has written for several Mississippi newspapers and magazines. Never Let Go is the eighth volume of the critically acclaimed Oakdale series and his tenth novel, along with three works of non-fiction. He lives in Brandon, Mississippi, with his family.
Upcoming Author Appearances
Wednesday, August 19 / Jackson, MS / Lemuria Books / 5 p.m.
Thursday, November 19 / Starkville, MS / Starkville Public Library / 12 p.m.
NEW FROM JOE LEE:
NEVER LET GO
Fifteen years after surviving an attempt on his life by former Smart County constable Ford Forrester, Mark Myrick III is shocked to learn of Forrester’s sudden release from prison following a parole hearing Mark and wife Lacey knew nothing about. In addition to the anxiety Mark feels about his enemy returning to the small community of Oakdale, he can only imagine how Forrester will react when he realizes he’s a father—and that his son, now a teenager, is being raised by the couple.
Forrester’s release also mystifies four-term sheriff Billy Joe Stone, who can’t begin to fathom why defense attorney Hal Kendrick fought so hard to get his new client sprung from prison. Rich, powerful, and intimidating, Kendrick once represented Mark in an action against the constable. But like Forrester, Kendrick is known to hold deep grudges, and he erupts when a real estate deal Mark initiates forces the relocation of the Kendrick Law Firm. His reaction seems over the top, but is Kendrick smoldering over something else involving Mark?
A fast-paced, atmospheric Southern thriller, Joe Lee’s Never Let Go will grab you on the first page and keep you on the edge of your seat right through the mind-blowing climax on New Year’s Eve, where hot tempers explode into the night during a winter storm for the ages, leaving dead bodies, ruined lives, and broken dreams scattered across Smart County.
