Madd Inlet: a novel

In 1969, during the crux of the Vietnam war, Jack Tagger is on the run. As the war in Southeast Asia rages on, he has made the moral decision to resist the draft. In his effort to avoid the authorities and the war, he seeks refuge on a desolate coastal barrier island where unbeknownst to him, while avoiding one war, he finds himself unwittingly caught in the middle of another deadly land-war between two very powerful men at Sunset Beach, North Carolina. When a native American shaman summons the spirit of an innocent victim of that conflict, Jack is again forced to make a potentially lethal choice between good and evil and he learns that, like Madd Inlet, what runs smooth and meandering on top does not always belie what runs just beneath the surface.

Madd Inlet is perfect for fans of Nicholas Sparks' Every Breath and Delia Owens' Where the Crawdads Sing.

A former attorney’s investigator for 20 years, Tim Swink has come back to his first love: writing. Tim was also the Managing Editor at a small newspaper near Pinehurst, North Carolina; has worked for USA Today, the Greensboro News and Record, and Tarheel Magazine; and is currently a contributing writer for O. Henry Magazine. Madd Inlet takes place at Sunset Beach, North Carolina in 1968-1969, during the turbulent crux of the Vietnam War. His debut novel, Curing Time will be republished and released by TouchPoint Press in 2022. A sequel to Curing Time is in the works.