Elvis, Fast Cars, and the Brown Mountain Lights - Paperback

by Gary L. Street (Author)

A dead girl found by a lonely highway. A car pulled from a swampy hole containing more dead bodies. There's been an evil presence in this small North Carolina town for a long time. Now, another evil has come to these beautiful mountains. There's a mystery wrapped around another mystery tied together with a love story. Who do you turn to when you don't know who is guilty and who is not?The 1950's are a time remembered for things such as Rock and Roll, hot rods, submarine races, slick hairstyles, sock hops, and the art of being "cool". Ford Rawlings is a young man whose life represented the fifties very well. He had the looks, the cars, the girl, and the joy of living in a fantastic time. He had it all...until he lost it. In fact, in the turn of one day...he found he'd lost almost all of it.The mysterious murder of his beautiful girlfriend, the accusation that he may have committed the atrocity, and the overwhelming guilt from not being able to stop it, leaves Ford broken. Ford's life, even from his conception, seemed magical. Suddenly, he is adrift in a sea of doubt and remorse. So much so that he finds his only choice is to travel half-way around the world to try and forget.With the chance to come home, Ford instead tries to build a new life in New Jersey. This new "home" is surprisingly welcoming until another evil emerges and tragedy strikes agan. Ford's new life is once again torn apart and forces him back to his North Carolina home. A home where he finds both demons waiting for him as well as demons following him. Will taking a stand now bring closure and hope or will it destroy both him and the ones he loves?Mara DeVoti Rawlings, Ford's mother, knows about demons. Years ago she fled New Jersey to escape her own demons, to start a new life in the simple country lifestyles of Treemont, North Carolina. She not only found solace in Treemont but found herself thriving in a peaceful life lived with her husband J.J. and their son. Mara knows that peace can so easily fall apart...and finally it does. But Mara has one saving grace...one ace up her sleeve. Mara has the Brown Mountain Lights! She has a most unique and intimate association with the "ghost" lights...and she knows just who they are!Elvis, Fast Cars, and the Brown Mountain Lights is a saga of the Rawlings Family. It is a story built on mysteries and murder, perseverance and hope, love and loss, and above all...evil versus goodness.