Lowcountry Boil, by Carl T. Smith (River City Publishing) "Antebellum plantations, marshes and creeks, and gated communities provide the backdrop as a major drug bust unfolds in the fabled South Carolina Lowcountry. A stunning thriller and Smith brings this, his second novel, in with a bang!"

LIBRARY JOURNAL

"A captivating page-turner, with love, intrigue, good characterization, loads of local color. Keeps the reader spellbound to the end. This is recommended for most fiction collections."

THE POST & COURIER, Charleston, SC:

"This novel about small town corruption avoids clichés. Roiling with legal and personal conflict, political intrigue and corruption. "Lowcountry Boil" is told with flair and peopled with characters so real they help you turn the page."

BEAUFORT GAZETTE, Beaufort, SC
TOP TEN LIST OF "BOOKS BY sc AUTHORS 2003"
THE ISLAND PACKET, Hilton Head Island, SC:

"Lowcountry Boil" moves at a rapid pace, and the characters are as real and recognizable as people we see every day. Smith's book is also notable for the high quality of his writing. It is good news to hear that he is well into a sequel, with a third book in the planning stages."

THE BEAUFORT GAZETTE, Beaufort, SC:

"Although there are many twists and turns in "Lowcountry Boil", Smith uses smooth transitions to make the storyline a simple one to follow. His reputation as a premiere storyteller comes shining through in this tale of greed, betrayal and deceit."

THE SOUTHERN SCRIBE:

"In "Lowcountry Boil" The author creates a cast of characters with unique problems and goals, and challenges them with choices of right and wrong. Like Frogmore Stew, Smith's "Lowcountry Boil" should be devoured with passion and remembered with joy during the after dinner response."

THE STATE, Columbia, SC:

"Carl T. Smith's "Lowcountry Boil" is on the high end of the scale! The pace of the story reels the reader into the world of the Carolina coast and captures the regional flavor of the Lowcountry. You can practically smell the tidal flats and marshes."