Douglas Chandler Graham, lives in Florida and this is his third novel. The first two are the fictionalized version of a real crime that occurred in 1994. The small town of Vinton, VA was the place of a mass murder of a family, husband, wife and two young children.
Smoke and Murder is the story leading to the court case and Three Trailers Down is the sequel that follows after the trial and conviction.
The only connection in Hairdresser is it's another small town, and one of the towns mentioned is Vinyard.
Graham travels, writes and does his own computer advertising and promotion for his novels.