The Sooty Man Author:Steven Rudd "With a character as richly unconventional and fascinating as Van Zant, we can only hope that Rudd will have her back on a new case soon." New York Time [italics] bestselling author Ellen Tanner Marsh, on Midnight Red [italics] "Kris is quite a character, in both senses of the word." Carroll Dale Short, author of The Shining Shini... more »ng Path [italics] and Turbo's Very Life [italics] "Rudd wraps her powerhouse intellect and powers of observation in a petite frame." Suzanne Dreitlein, Morbid Outlook [italics] Magazine Fresh from her face-off with the "Atlanta Vampire" serial killer, forensic psychiatrist Kristin Van Zant takes on the case of a long-missing heiress, a family curse straight out of the Old South, and serial beheadings in an Alabama town, plus Bigfoot's Appalachian cousin, the Sooty Man. Author of the cult phenomenon Midnight Red [italics], Steven Rudd is a sixth-generation Alabamian, a Harvard-grad physician and a sometime lawyer. He lives in Birmingham.« less