VAN GUINES HAS LIVES AND WORKS IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA FOR YEARS AND HAS STUDIED THE ART OF MYSTERY WRITING FOR A LONG TIME. THE GOLDEN EYED GODDESS OF EASTDALE IS HIS SECOND BOOK OF THE SERIES. WHICH IS SET IN CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE AROUND THE YEAR 1950. VAN LIKE HIS MAIN CHARACTER SHANG BUTLER HAS ALWAYS CALLED CHATTANOOGA HOME. ALTON PARK IS WHERE MOST OF THE REAL-LIFE LEGENDARY CHARACTERS FROM THE STORIES LIKE PAP, BEAN, TOY, AND MISS JOSIE ALL LIVED AND HUSTLED BACK IN THE DAY IN THE CHATTANOOGA UNDERWORLD. BEING A DIRECT DESCENDED OF TOM MORTON HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR VAN TO RECREATE ALL THESE CHARACTERS IN THIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE TALE. THE GOLDEN EYED GODDESS OF EASTDALE BRINGS THIS INTO FOCUS AND GIVES A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE NUMBERS GAME AND THE INTERWORKINGS OF JUST HOW THE CHIPS WOULD FALL AND THE COOKIE WOULD CRUMBLE WHEN THERE WAS A NEW KING OF ALTON PARK TO TAKE THE LATE TOM MORTON'S PLACE, AFTER THE FALL OF THE DIXIE MOB AND THEIR HENCHMAN BILL KENT. THE PLOT GETS THICKER FROM THERE. VAN PROMISED HIS MOM MARY JO THAT HE WOULD SOMEDAY WRITE THE STORY OF THE MURDER OF HER FATHER ZEBEDEE MOTON. NOW THAT THE KING OF ALTON PARK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED THE NEXT STORY MUST BE TOLD. BE SURE TO KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR THE LOST BABY DOLL IN CAMERON HILLS AND THE GHOST OF RINGGOLD ROAD EACH STORY IS BASED ON TRUTH AND FULL OF HISTORY AND HAS THE SAME LEGENDARY CHARACTERS THAT YOU CAME TO KNOW AND LOVE IN THE FIRST STORY WITH EVEN MORE NEW AND MYSTERIOUS CHARACTERS LIKE BLACK HADY, CROSSCUT WALKER, AND THE BEAUREGARD BROTHERS WHO I'M SURE YOU WILL JUST LOVE TO HATE.