Colton Rae's writing career has hit a slump . To the people back home he's still a big deal, but some of his people In New York have stopped returning his calls. When his mother dies at the worst possible time, he's forced to return home to settle her affairs. The funeral is supposed to take days, not weeks. He has deadlines to meet and a sister who still holds a grudge that he made it out and she didn't. Together they go through their mother's things, totally unprepared to deal with the decades-old murder they are about to uncover. The truth about their mother brings them together in an effort to protect her reputation, but Colton soon learns that his entire life has been a lie. There is more at stake than a reputation. His mother's funeral has attracted a ghost from her past. Temple's Ghost is the story of a man coming to grips with a past that threatens to redefine his future. Carl Purdon lives in Pontotoc, Mississippi with his wife and two of their four children. Born in 1964, he knew by age five he would write novels someday. He prepared himself by reading a wide variety of books, and by falling down a few times. His passion is observing people. His goal is to create characters so real his readers will feel they know them by the end of the book. In February of 2012, he released his debut novel, The Night Train, then followed it up with his second novel, Norton Road in 2013. In 2014, he released Blinders. In 2015, he released Red Eyes, a sequel to The Night Train. Temple's Ghost is Carl's fifth novel.