FRANKI O'NEAL

Franki O’Neal is the pen name of the husband and wife writing team of Bill and Carol McAnally. They have been married for more than 50 years, raised four children and are now enjoying their seven grandchildren. 

Bill is a retired civil engineer and professor who worked for the U.S. government for 33 years and Mississippi State University for 13 years.  Carol worked in the non-profit sector for 15 years. After reading mystery novels for years they have now turned their interest to writing them.   

Their Noon mystery series features husband and wife Hugh Swensen and Claire McClanahan, and opens with Noon Woods- Lovely, Dark and Deadly. Their newest adventure is Noon Secrets. They hope you enjoy the first three novels in the series and look forward to sharing more stories of their intrepid crime-solving dynamic duo in the future.  

Follow Hugh and Claire as they unwind the tangles and connect the threads of murder, drugs, cults and day-to-day life in Noon, Mississippi. Life in small-town Mississippi is not the dull routine that most people may think!