Attorney-turned-author Joe Hilley has been added to the grand opening celebration at Books-A-Million’s new store in Gulf Shores.

Hilley will sign copies of Night Rain, his latest legal thriller, July 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The store is located at 3800 Gulf Shores Parkway (Highway 59).

Set along the Gulf Coast, Night Rain begins as a hurricane sweeps across Dauphin Island, a barrier island near the mouth of Mobile Bay. Dibber Landry waits for the eye of the storm to pass so he can plunder beach houses damaged by the storm.

He finds more than he wants when he stumbles onto a dead body. Outside, a hurricane rages but it’s nothing compared to the storm brewing in Night Rain.

Hilley is a native Alabamian, born in Birmingham and reared in Grand Bay near the vast expanses of marsh grass and low country which provide the backdrop for his books.

His previous novels, Sober Justice, Double Take and Electric Beach were released to great acclaim.

Night Rain is available now in fine bookstores everywhere, and online at all the usual places.

For more information, and to read a sample chapter, go to www.joehilley.com.

For additional information about today’s book-signing, you may contact Jennifer Dove at (251) 968-4222.