Moonshiners
Another rollicking ride through the South and its drinking culture.
Campaign Train
Who killed media mogul Merrick Markham?
Bootleggers
A rollicking ride through the Prohibition South,
including cocktail recipes and cemetery sidetrips.
The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy is the biography of a singular woman who lived a 20th century life...
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR and the Untold Story of the Partnership that Defined a Presidency is the first biography of the woman who is arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration. The first female presidential secretary in U.S. history, Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand has been misrepresented, mischaracterized, and overlooked throughout history…until now.
is Missing
America’s sweetheart has been kidnapped! Kelly Durham, author of eight thrillers set against the backdrops of World War II and the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Kathryn Smith, author of Missy LeHand’s biography THE GATEKEEPER, team up in this debut Missy LeHand Mystery.
Birthday
Ball Affair
Is someone trying to embarrass FDR as he prepares to
run for re-election? The heist of $20,000 at a
polio charity ball and the release of a damning picture of FDR and his staff by a Washington scandal...
Goes to Prison
Can The First Lady Save An Innocent Woman's Life?
Eleanor Roosevelt was a tremendous advocate for victims of misjustice, but she...
Conspiracy
Kathryn and Kelly deliver action, mystery, and glamour in
the midst of a tumultuous re-election campaign –
with the help of Bette Davis – in the fourth Missy LeHand Mystery
Kathryn is an accomplished speaker, having given more than 200 talks about Marguerite LeHand…
Read Kathryn on Substack
Kathryn posts daily at her Substack blog Bootleggers, Baptists, and Everything in Between…