Landis Wade’s “Deadly Declarations” is a Mystery Rooted in North Carolina History
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In this episode 272, guest host Cathy Pickens, interviews regular host Landis Wade about his mystery novel, “Deadly Declarations,” forthcoming in spring 2022.
The novel focuses on an unlikely trio of retirees who try to solve the 250-year-old mystery of the controversial First American Declaration of Independence, actions which–if successful–will change US history. That is, if they don’t die trying.
Frye Gaillard, American historian and author of A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, says: “This is a novel rooted in history and mystery and imagination–a crackling good book” and Clyde Edgerton, author of Walking Across Egypt and Raney calls it: “Delicious, Funny, Suspenseful.” Cathy Pickens, our guest host, had this to say: “Humor, a good puzzle, a peek inside some artful legal maneuvering, engaging characters—all the absolutely perfect ingredients for a mystery.”
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About the Author:
Landis Wade is a recovering trial lawyer, host of Charlotte Readers Podcast (where he has conducted more than 275 author interviews), and author of books and stories whose third book—The Christmas Redemption—won the Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards, and was the 2018 Holiday category Honorable Mention in the 10th Annual Readers’ Favorite Awards.
He won the 2016 North Carolina State Bar short story contest for The Deliberation and received awards for his non-fiction pieces, The Cape Fear Debacle and First Dance. His short work has appeared in Writersdigest.com, The Charlotte Observer, Flying South, Fiction on the Web and in more than six anthologies, including by Daniel Boone Footsteps.
He lives in Charlotte, Durham, and Watauga County, North Carolina where he writes and podcasts, visits his grandson, and fly-fishes.
About Cathy Pickens
Cathy Pickens’ Southern Fried won the coveted St. Martin’s Malice Domestic Award for Best Traditional Mystery. In addition to five novels, she’s written Charleston Mysteries and a series of Carolinas true crime collections for History Press, along with a regular column for Mystery Readers Journal, articles on writing craft, and CREATE! DEVELOPING YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS(2020).
She served as national president of Sisters in Crime, on the Mystery Writers of America national board, and as a long-time professor in the McColl School of Business at Queens.
Additional Praise for Deadly Declarations
Deadly Declarations is what you’d get if National Treasure and The Firm had a book baby. Deliciously un-put-downable. Two thumbs up!
–Tracy Clark, multi-nominated Anthony, Shamus, and Lefty Award finalist and winner of the 2020 Sue Grafton Memorial Award for the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery Series
Landis Wade combines the precision of a lawyer with a natural storyteller in this historical thriller. A page turner brimming with North Carolina history – and fun!
– Scott Syfert, author of The First American Declaration of Independence? and Eminent Charlotteans
A sizzling combination of historical mystery, courtroom drama, and warm, burgeoning friendships in a retirement community. I tried to stop reading Deadly Declarations. I simply couldn’t put it down.
–Dannye Romine Powell, author of In the Sunroom with Raymond Carver and Parting the Curtains: Interviews with Southern Writers
Landis Wade is a master of the light-hearted legal thriller. And, if you’re not careful, you might just get a history lesson. There’s so much life in these pages!
–George Hovis, author of The Skin Artist
In Landis Wade’s capable hands, what starts off as a challenge to a perplexing will becomes a heart-pounding race to discover the truth.
— Heather Bell Adams, author of Maranatha Road and The Good Luck Stone
The plot bursts with danger, complications, and intrigue right until the last page. A terrific page turner—you won’t be able to down. May this be the first of many.
–Webb Hubbell, former U. S. Associate Attorney General and author of When Men Betray and The Eighteenth Green.
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