Black Willows

Jill Hand is a member of International Thriller Writers. Her work has appeared in many anthologies. She is a former newspaper reporter and editor and a lifelong New Jerseyan. Her husband's family comes from Georgia. Stories he told about some of his ancestors were the inspiration for the Trapnell saga.Red Pines is the third of her novels about the trials and tribulations of the eccentric Trapnell siblings, who have more money than is good for them.Cobbs, home of the fictional Trapnells, is based on little towns in the Deep South, where tales of scandals from generations past are gleefully repeated over supper tables and where front porches are for sitting and fanning oneself, while complaining about the heat.