I came across this today on the Brewton Standard message board. It looks like a good read. Here is the excerpt that the publicist is putting everywhere:
Murder Creek: The "Unfortunate Incident" That Befell Annie Jean Barnes
ISBN: 9781579660734
Publisher: River City Publishing
In this intense true story, Joe Formichella examines all aspects of the unsolved crime that inspired Suzanne Hudson's critically acclaimed 2004 novel In a Temple of Trees. When Annie Jean Barnes died one evening in 1966 outside an exclusive hunting camp retreat near small-town Brewton, Alabama, it seemed all the wealthy town fathers were culpable. But at the behest of those who were likely responsible, the crime was swept under the rug and details ignored by investigators. The publication of Hudson's novel, however, brought the ghost of Annie Jean back to life. Joe Formichella, in classic investigative style, reopens the case and questions a multitude of crime experts, law enforcement officers, and citizens alike--including many who, so it was said, would never speak about the "unfortunate incident" of Annie Jean's death. A gripping tale of how the upper class often gets its way through violence and coercion.
It's being distributed everywhere, so you can go to any of your favorite bookstores i.e. Amazon, Barnes and Noble etc. and order it.
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Hi Michael. Thanks for the mention. Hope you enjoy the book.
MR, CONFIDENTIAL,
HAVE YOUR TALKED TO ANY OF THE BARNES FAMILY ABOUT THIS BOOK, OR A TEMPLE OF TREES? NO.. WELL NEITHER HAS ANY OTHER AUTHOR. IF EVERYONE IS SO INTERESTED IN THE MURDER OF MRS. BARNES, WHY DON'T YOU AUTHORS TRY WRITING AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED...INSTEAD OF INFORMATION FOUNDED ON FALSE RUMORS, AND SPECULATION? WHERE WAS ALL THE CONCERN IN 1966... MRS. BARNES DID NOT DIE OUTSIDE THE HUNTING CAMP, BUT WAS MURDERED INSIDE A LOCAL HOSPITAL AFTER BEING FOUND OUTSIDE THE CAMP.... WHY IS THE BOOK DEDICATED TO MRS. GARDNER? SHE WAS AS FAR REMOVED FROM THE BARNES FAMILY AS THE RAILROAD TRACKS RUNNING THROUGH TOWN. I'M TIRED OF PEOPLE & SO CALLED AUTHORS TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OFF SOMEONE ELSE'S TRAGEDY. MRS. HUDSON NEVER, EVER TALKED TO THE FAMILY SHE CLAIMS GAVE HER PERMISSION AND GRANTED INTERVIEWS... THAT IS SO NOT TRUE... IF SHE LIED ABOUT THAT, WHAT ELSE IS SHE LYING ABOUT?.. WHAT HAPPENDED ALL THOSE YEARS AGO WAS AN AWEFUL TRAGEDY. THAT FAMILY LOST A MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER. SHE DOES NOT NEED TO BE FURTHER MURDERED BY INACCURATE AND UNSOLICITED PUBLISHINGS.
In point of fact, it was the Barnes children who asked us to look into the case, and write the book. Everything we've written is either true, or exactly what we were told during the investigation.
Can someone tell me who it was that picked up Ms. Barnes from the camp? I have my doubts.
I think you need to find out the Exact truth about people and get the family's permission before you post names in this book. My grandmother was Lucille Jernigan and only about 5% of what was said may have been true.
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