Dr. Wallace Martin’s debut mystery, The Goatman, is a twisted coming-of-age tale set in post-WWII North Georgia. Mysteries, murders, and death link teenager Zeb Barton with a number of characters, including his irascible surgeon father and Thelka, the gun-toting maid who mentors Zeb through progressively dangerous times. From the damages of WWII combat to being haunted by dead husbands to the contradictions of being human, every character is contending with their personal demons. While navigating those internal struggles, a menacing presence looms over them all—the enigmatic and suspicious Goat Man, the subject of murderous legend.