Carson Reno Mystery Series

My private detective skills tell me that if you are reading these words, you have probably read one or more of my adventures.  Or maybe you heard about my stories from a friend.
Or, perhaps, my author friend – Gerald Darnell, tricked you into reading this.  He does stuff like that.
But, I'’m glad you’re here, regardless of the reason.  Please allow me to introduce myself, my characters and my mystery adventure series.
My adventures and stories occur in the early 1960’s.  The geography is mostly Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi, – but I do occasionally venture farther out into other parts of the world.  At the center of all my mysteries is Memphis and a small West Tennessee town called Humboldt.
The early 60’s represent some different and difficult times in our history and culture.  Manned space flight was already happening.  John Glenn circled the earth three times in Friendship Seven, and trips to the moon were already on the drawing board.  However, nuclear testing was also underway and rockets were being built and aimed at other countries.  The Cuban Missile Crisis was front-page news. If that wasn’t enough, segregation was coming to an end, and the new world was trying to learn how to deal with integration– on a large scale.  Our National Guard escorted James Meredith to classes at the University of Mississippi, and President Kennedy forced George Wallace to admit two black students at the University of Alabama.  A small ‘police action’ by our military, (in a place call Vietnam), was taking many young men by surprise - receiving a letter from the draft board.

Gasoline was $0.31 cents a gallon, eggs were $0.54 cents a dozen, a gallon of milk was $0.49 cents and a first class postage stamp was $0.04 cents.  The average cost of a new home was $18,200, the US population was 186 million and the Dow-Jones high was 767.
90% of Americans owned a television set, Polaroid introduced color film that developed in 60 seconds and the 1962 World’s Fair was in Seattle.
The New York Yankees won a seven-game World Series over San Francisco, Green Bay beat the New York Giants in the NFL Title Game and Sonny Liston knocked out Floyd Patterson to win the world heavyweight championship.

Interesting stuff, and my adventures, mysteries and stories are all set during these times and the world happenings the early  1960’s.
My adventures include:
Murder in Humboldt - – The Price of Beauty in Strawberry Land - Killer Among Us - Horse Tales -  the Crossing - SUnset 4 - the Everglades - the Illegals - Dead Men Don't Remember -the Fingerprint Murders - Reelfoot and  current book - Justifiable Homicide.