Mystery novels set in and near Charlotte--

Sunday's The Charlotte Observer book section featured two new titles which are set in and near Charlotte, N.C. The first is a debut mystery by John Hart titled The King of Lies. It features a Salisbury (N.C.) lawyer named Jackson Workman "Work" Pickens who is going through a tragically hard time. His father has just been murdered and he becomes a suspect along with his sister. Thomas Dunne Books is the book publisher. Next is a first-time novel by Mark Ethridge Grievances. Reporter Matt Harper, of a fictional Charlotte newspaper, pursues a sensitive story and risks his job to unravel a 20-year-old murder in a remote South Carolina community. The book publisher is NewSouth Books.