Anita Coffee Thomas

Anita Coffee Thomas grew up in northeast Florida and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English from Florida State University. She married her childhood sweetheart but was widowed at age 27. She briefly remarried and then spent twenty years in Atlanta at her dream job in advertising. After growing tired of Atlanta traffic and the lack of an ocean, she moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 2000. She started her second dream job there at the local daily newspaper, the StarNews. Following her retirement in 2014, she completed her first novel, a murder mystery titled Blood Will Tell.

Blood Will Tell

The year is 1971 and Amanda Blackstone is an aspiring investigative reporter. Instead, her first job is as the Coastal Herald's society columnist. When she overhears a threat at a debutante reception she's covering, she eagerly pursues the chance to chase down a killer.

At the debutante reception for the daughter of one of the town's wealthiest men, Amanda overhears a veiled threat that leads her to suspect that corporate embezzlement is behind a suspicious suicide. She collaborates with experienced fellow reporter, Patrick Maguire, who does his best to rein in her impulsive instincts. The two discover evidence of a shady offshore account, blackmail, and a reprehensible family secret from a generation ago that will end in murder. As her feelings for Pat grow, Amanda realizes her rookie mistakes may have put both their lives in danger.

Blood Will Tell takes the reader on a harrowing adventure set against the dynamic backdrop of journalism during the turbulent 1970s. In a novel Publisher's Weekly calls "A fresh, engaging debut that will please fans of the genre," reader's will find a love letter to newspapers.

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