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What Seems True

What Seems True


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In 1980, the first black supervisor at a Texas Gulf Coast refinery turns up dead behind an abandoned drive-in theater. When a Texas Ranger comes to investigate, the refinery's attorney, Dan Esperson, is drawn into the investigation-and into a tangled web of racial conflict, sex, and deception. Two refinery employees are arrested for the murder. One confesses that the other did it but will never testify. When the killer is released from jail for lack of evidence, Dan may be next on his list. Inspired by a solved, but never resolved, true crime on the Texas Gulf Coast in 1979, What Seems True is a tale of deception, sex, and revenge amid racial and industrial conflict in a gritty industrial setting.

About the Author :
After years practicing law, James Garrison changed course to writing when he was paid to go away in a corporate merger. His first novel, QL 4, based on his time as a military policeman in the Mekong Delta, has won awards for literary and military fiction, and his novel, The Safecracker (a legal thriller), was a finalist in the 2020 Eric Hoffer Book Awards. His creative nonfiction and fiction works and poems have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies. Landing in Houston, Texas as a young corporate attorney for Texaco Inc., he set out on a long study of Texas lore and landscapes, traveling with his family to see as much of his adopted state as possible. But most of his sojourns in his early Texas years ended up at the refineries and chemical plants in the Golden Triangle, the setting for What Seems True. Webpage: https: //jamesgarrison-author.com/ Geoffrey Garrison graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union, in New York City, in 2001 and was a Fine Arts Researcher at the Jan van Eyck Academie, in Maastricht, NL, from 2004 to 2005. In addition to working as a writer, editor, and artist, he has done freelance work in design and illustration. He lives in Berlin, Germany. Kimberly Coghlan has worked as an editor for several publishing companies, and in addition to owning Coghlan Professional Writing Services, she served as a senior editor at TouchPoint Press. Before opening her own company, Kimberly worked in secondary education as an English teacher. She has a BS in English Education and an MA in English.

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Endorsement for What Seems True by James Garrison "Smart and sensual, atmospheric, you can feel the humidity of the Texas Gulf Coast, smell the smoke-filled boardrooms and musty motels, the exhaust belching forth from the refinery that lights up the night sky like a fairyland in James Garrison's latest novel, What Seems True. Garrison delivers a savvy tale full of grit and grime and passion, vivid characters, and a male narrator who will appeal to both men and women. You will find yourself rooting for Attorney Dan Esperson, even when you are cringing at some of his choices. The story deals with unions verses management, workplace politics, racism, and murder. While What Seems True is fiction, the novel asks the tough questions: What drives some people to hurt others and not even flinch? How can a person with a strong moral compass be pulled off course and lured into another person's sordid orbit? I highly recommend it." Kathleen M. Rodgers, Winner of the 2020 MWSA Founder's Award and author of The Flying Cutterbucks Award-winning author, J. D. Garrison returns with East Texas mayhem in the crime fiction novel, WHAT SEEMS TRUE. These larger than life characters deliver an entertaining read of lust, oil, good old boys, and one femme fatale. -Johnnie Bernhard, author of SISTERS OF THE UNDERTOW


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798992907223
  • Publisher: Jamesgarrison
  • Publisher Imprint: Jamesgarrison
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8992907222
  • Publisher Date: 26 Jun 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 571 gr


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