Michael A. Almond debuts his first novel, The Tannery, a slow burn work of historical Southern fiction, murder-mystery, and legal thrills that blur the lines between the past and the present, and fiction and nonfiction. Published in 2021, Almond’s expert writing takes us across the Southern landscape of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Dancing between characters and timelines, Almond weaves an engaging story of complex proportions that is both historically accurate and riveting