High school senior Darius Morefield is reeling from his father's unexpected death on top of the stress from their recent move to a small Southern town. The trauma exposes him to sensory overload resulting in exceptional sensitivity to emotional energy around him... and possibly the paranormal.

A zany neighbor, Alex and his free-spirited best friend, Myrtle befriend Darius as their new classmate. The trio stumbles onto secrets they're not prepared to deal with. >p?Higginsville, North Carolina has a sinister past. Heinous, violent murders remain unsolved overshadowing directionless lives. Powerful senses and newfound insight lure Darius to mysteries many in the town prefer remain untold. His curiosity uncovers buried secrets that are possibly claiming new victims. Can he unravel the shadowy truths about this town and bring peace to the living... and the dead?

Join Darius Morefield, Alex, and Myrtle in this first of their sleuth murder mysteries, The Rocking Crate. As the intrigue builds, you will not want to put this suspenseful mystery down. Grab a copy today and prepare yourself for reading late into the dark and sinister night!
About the Author: C. Craig Coleman grew up in the small Eastern North Carolina town of Kinston in the golden age of youth. Back then, kids dashed out the door on Saturday morning, took to bicycles, and explored the world around them unrestrained, only returning home for dinner in the late afternoon. He scampered over fields and swampy low grounds, investigating and collecting anything that moved and half the flora he came across. That gave him the knowledge of the natural world that backgrounds his stories. He attended college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with a BA degree in Ancient and European History. He served his country in the Vietnam War, repairing the display computers on the Air Force's F111D aircraft, though not in the Vietnam theater. Then he audited agriculture courses at North Carolina State University for a year before returning to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a Masters of Business Administration. A long career in the textile industry ended with a company buyout in the imploding industry. Finding himself looking 'outside the box' for future options, a seed suggestion to write down some stories, planted by a professor of literature in his youth, germinated. He decided to write a fantasy story, with no inkling it would lead on to the greatest adventure of his life. With the success of his six-book Neuyokkasinian Arc of Empire epic fantasy series, Coleman decided to expand his writing repertoire and begins here with The Rattling Crate.