The Sam Fosdick Trilogy

Katie Fosdick died when her brother Sam was ten. His life was rocked to its foundation; she sees his every move. At fifteen, a summer romance nearly does him in, but a ninth-grade bad-ass saves him from himself. At seventeen, a college sophomore splits his world in half. At twenty, he’s a self-destructive rock musician standing at the crossroads, trying to flag a ride.

  • Fentress Corner

    In Fentress Corner, the first book in the Sam Fosdick Trilogy, the year is 1968, the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War. Political assassinations and racial strife rock the country, but Sam is an average kid who lives and works in a beach town—not life and death stuff. Or is it?

  • Double Knots

    Double Knots is the second book in this series. It’s 1970: two girlfriends, a guitar-playing guru, a sinister river, his grandfather's shoes. who can make sense of all that? Sam copes with seventeen years of life turned inside out. Her name is April.

  • Mean Streak

    In Mean Streak, third in the series, it's 1973. After flunking out of college, music is the only thing left. Sam’s band is booked out-of-town for a two-day tour. When they return ten days later, everything has changed. Everything.