Carl T. Smith, author of three previous novels, is a two-time winner of the prestigious IPPY award for suspense, Top Ten author list for South Carolina Authors and has been nominated twice for the Southern Independent Booksellers and Southern Critics Circle for “Book of the Year”. His books, Nothin’ Left to Lose and Lowcountry Boil have been optioned for film six times. He is also the author of Louisiana Burn, the second in the Sam Larkin series. Carolina Fire, the third book in the Sam Larkin series, is now out as an eBook. He lives in Greenville, SC.