Landis Wade
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: Commercial Fiction, Thriller, General Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Historical Fiction, Humour
Landis Wade writes light-hearted legal thrillers and mysteries with a historical or holiday touch (cozies with a bit of a thrill). He is a recovering trial lawyer (after 35 years of law practice) and founder of Charlotte Readers Podcast (where he has conducted 500+ author interviews), whose third book—The Christmas Redemption—won the Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and whose recent novel – Deadly Declarations– won more than ten awards including Winner in the 2022 American Fiction Awards in the Cozy Mystery category. He compiled The Write Quotes series–8 books that releases monthly beginning March 1, 2023. Book 1: The Write Quotes: The Writing Life, features inspirational and practical quotes from 500+ interviews with hard-working, award-winning, and New York Times bestselling authors in more than 33 U.S. states and five countries. He is co-author with Sarah Archer of a mystery titled Death by Podcasting, which Kirkus Reviews calls a "brisk and entertaining mystery." He spends time in Charlotte, Durham, and Watauga County, North Carolina, where he writes and podcasts, plays with his grandchild, and fly-fishes. Visit his podcast website here: www.charlottereaderspodcast.com Visit his author website here: www.landiswade.com
Landis Wade's books
Genres: Cosy Mystery, Historical Fiction, Thriller
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
An unlikely trio of retirees 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. It’s modern day in the New South City of Charlotte, North Carolina, when an unlikely trio of retirees at the Independence Retirement Community, a/k/a The Indie, team up to solve two mysteries related to the death of a 96-year-old resident. Why was his manuscript about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence missing when they found his body? And why did his handwritten will dated the day he died disinherit his beloved granddaughter (his only heir), and leave his $50 million fortune to Sue Ellen Parker, the most despised resident at the Indie? At the urging of Chuck Yeager Alexander, an optimistic soul who loves historical conspiracies, and Harriet Keaton, a former businesswoman with an extreme dislike of Sue Ellen...