The Gravedigger's Brawl
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The tales of the Dubois and Fossor families are entirely fictional. No such families ever existed, and neither does Gravedigger’s Tavern. But the sights and sounds of Richmond’s Fan district are entirely based in fact. The Starlight serves root beer on tap. Monument Avenue is full of Confederate heroes. And Boulevard is a beautiful street to cruise down. Just don’t hit a stoner or hipster as you go.
The Virginia Historical Society sits on Boulevard, and the last time I went by there, it was still under construction. Any details of the inner workings, or of the inside of the building, are my imagination. If they’ve finished all that construction, there’s no telling what it looks like now!
The building Ash lives in is based on the one I called home for two years. It will forever be the love of my life, even if I did repeatedly find my knickknacks mysteriously sitting in front of the main door whenever I left.
Noah’s facts throughout the book are all true, even his lecture on dueling with hot air balloons and forkfuls of pig dung. You can read about that in Smithsonian.
The Cut & Run Series
#1: Cut & Run (with Madeleine Urban)
#2: Sticks & Stones (with Madeleine Urban)
#3: Fish & Chips (with Madeleine Urban)
#4: Divide & Conquer (with Madeleine Urban)
#5: Armed & Dangerous
#6: Stars & Stripes
Novels
According to Hoyle
Caught Running (with Madeleine Urban)
Love Ahead (with Madeleine Urban)
The Archer
Warrior’s Cross (with Madeleine Urban)
Novellas
A Tale from de Rode
My Brother’s Keeper
Seeing Is Believing
Unrequited
Abigail Roux was born and raised in North Carolina. A past volleyball star who specializes in sarcasm and painful historical accuracy, she currently spends her time coaching high school volleyball and investigating the mysteries of single motherhood. Any spare time is spent living and dying with every Atlanta Braves and Carolina Panthers game of the year. Abigail has a daughter, Little Roux, who is the light of her life, a boxer, four rescued cats who play an ongoing live-action variation of Call of Duty throughout the house, a certifiable extended family down the road, and a cast of thousands in her head.
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