For the past decade, Walker Holmes has published the Pensacola Insider, an alt-weekly that struggles to stay solvent while reporting on corruption, racism, and injustice in Pensacola, where progress has been stonewalled for generations.

When Holmes publishes an article revealing one of Pensacola’s most beloved figures, has been stealing funds from the Arts Council, he may have gone too far. As tensions build, Hines’s wife is found dead, and half the town, including the corrupt sheriff, thinks Holmes is responsible.

Holmes is determined to bring the truth to light, but what he uncovers is more than he bargained for. In order to solve the mystery, he has to unravel the many toxic and enduring grudges poisoning Pensacola—and before it’s too late. Read more.

In Blood in the Water, Holmes’ world has fallen apart yet again—his girlfriend has left him, an expose on human trafficking has led to his source being brutally murdered, and his nemesis, Sheriff Ron Frost, appears to be unstoppable in his pursuit of a third term.

The publisher’s life becomes even more chaotic when a flood shuts down Pensacola, leaving Holmes’s entire staff stranded in his apartment. Before the town can cope with the destruction, the county jail explodes.

Somehow Holmes must get his act together—stop his binge drinking, win back the support of his staff and friends, stave off a hostile takeover of his newspaper, and figure out what and who caused the deadly blast. Before he is done, plenty of blood will be in the water. Holmes hopes none of it is his. Read more.