White Oaks

“An ingeniously dark comic thriller about greed, gluttony and murder that is destined for the big screen.” –Best ThrillersAimee Trapnell reluctantly leaves her apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West to return to her childhood home in Georgia for her father’s ninetieth birthday. Also on hand are her two brothers, wily Marsh and ne’er-do-well Trainor. With a forty-billion-dollar inheritance at stake, they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make the old man happy.To their shock they learn that what their father wants for his birthday is to kill someone. He doesn’t care who it is. He just wants to know what it’s like to commit murder.Betrayal, double-dealing, and fast-paced action set the Trapnells on a collision course with an unexpected villain. Their journey takes them from the swamps of Georgia, to Italy’s glittering Amalfi coast, to rugged Yellowstone National Park.

Review PenCraft Award 2019 Winner - Thriller"A dark Southern Gothic comedy, like The Little Foxes meets Seven Psychopaths." -Wayne Turmel, author of Acre's Bastard"...a gripping thriller that culminates in a surprising manner and has plenty of twists and turns along the way." -Duane Pesice, Oxygen Man Books"White Oaks is a roller-coaster of a novel that will have you both gasping and laughing on a rollicking wild ride." -Andrew MacRae, Darkhouse Books"...a darkly humorous novel that would make a hysterical movie." -Authors Reading --This text refers to the paperback edition. About the Author Jill Hand is a former newspaper reporter from New Jersey. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association. Her short stories have appeared in dozens of publications and in many anthologies. Her time-travel novella, The Blue Horse, won a Pinnacle Book Award for fantasy and science fiction. White Oaks is her first full-length thriller. --This text refers to the paperback edition.