D.R. Avery

Biography

D.R. Avery has been a journalist, editor, college professor, private detective, free lance writer, blues musician, and child of several other borderline savory pursuits. He holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida and an M.A. and PhD. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Southern Illinois University. The award-winning author of over 80 freelance and scholarly publications and invited presentations, many of which are concerned with history and the Civil Rights Movement, his background prepared him to research and write "Mystery at Bristol Square," in which the Civil Rights Movement and the riots of the 1960s figure prominently.
He lives with his wife and the deer and the bear in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

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Books

The Deadliest Animal
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 74,830. Language: English. Published: September 6, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Action, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
In a world where the president is a loud-mouthed tyrant whose election is questioned at every turn, Harley Thomas has the scoop of a lifetime. All he has to do is report what he overheard behind the abandoned Texaco station and then ride the glory to a Pulitzer prize. Suddenly finding himself running for his life, Harley's only hope is to stay alive long enough to make the perpetrators pay.
Mystery at Bristol Square
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 99,690. Language: English. Published: July 18, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
What were four skeletons doing in a pit out at the Bristol Square construction site? And why were two retired police officers trying to block Detective Danny Williams and her lover, Monica Wilks-Jordan, from identifying the skeletons and the artifacts found in the pit? And finally what did it all have to do with race riots in 1967?