The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks - (True Crime) by John Railey (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In the summer of 1967, 19 year old Brenda Joyce Holland disappeared.

A mountain girl who had come to Manteo to work on The Lost Colony, Brenda's body was found three days later, floating in the Sound. This riveting narrative, built on unique access to state investigative files and multiple interviews with insiders, searches for the truth of the unsolved murder. This island odyssey of discovery includes séances, a suicide, and a supposed shallow grave.

Journalist John Railey cuts through the myths and misdirections to finally arrive at the long-hidden truth of what happened to Brenda Holland that summer on Roanoke Island.

Review Quotes

Ultimately, when Railey shares his conclusion about who killed Holland, he is persuasive. But we will never know if it would have been enough to convince a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.What we do know for sure is that Railey, already widely admired as an investigative journalist, has written a masterpiece of entertaining non-fiction.It should serve as a model for any other writer who wants to sort out an unsolved crime and write a readable and entertaining book about it. Chapelboro.com

This book will catch your interest and only tighten its grip as you read. Winston-Salem Journal

About the Author

John Railey has spent much of his life on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he is the former page editor of the Winston-Salem Journal, has written for the Coastland Times on the Outer Banks and has won numerous national, regional and state awards for his writing and investigative reporting. He is the author of the memoir Rage to Redemption in the Sterilization Age: A Confrontation with American Genocide.