In a sea of books for sale on Amazon.com, Sabine Parish native, Chase Baker has managed to release a novel into the Top 50 in it’s mystery category.
Although fictional, his book highlights much of the history of Sabine Parish, particularly that of the Zwolle area. It also features many accounts from the “No Man’s Land” status to the settlement of the Bayou Scie community. Titled, “Big Woods”, a callback to a specific area of the parish between Zwolle and Belmont, it finds a captivating way of connecting reality and storytelling.
Set in the 1990’s, his book follows the story of a Sheriff and his deputy as they work to solve the case of a missing woman. As an ex con rises to popularity as a charismatic preacher in Sabine Parish, the two stories mix together to leave reader’s guessing as to where it will head next.
Baker seemed to capture the attention of residents of Sabine Parish as he crowdsourced support for the release of his book. Baker says that after a Facebook post about this endeavor, sales reached 500 copies within the first week. His book is available today on Amazon, and a follow up is scheduled for release this April.