Published 11:35 am Friday, October 23, 2026 TIFTON — Dow Bonds, whose legal career included service in the district attorney’s office in Tifton, has published his first novel, “Slip 47: A Dean Mercet Thriller.” The longtime attorney brings experience in both prosecution and criminal defense to a work of fiction combining federal courtroom suspense with a mystery along the Georgia and Florida coasts. “Slip 47” introduces criminal defense attorney Dean Mercet, whose federal drug trial takes an unexpected turn when a photograph points him toward a forgotten marina on the Georgia coast. A dead witness, his late father’s secret boat and a berth known as Slip 47 draw him into a trail of altered records and buried family secrets. As the search moves beyond the courtroom, Dean must confront a conspiracy that powerful people are determined to keep hidden. Set along the Georgia and Florida coasts, the novel combines courtroom suspense with a maritime mystery about murder, loyalty and a father’s unfinished legacy. A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Bonds graduated from South Natchez Adams High School in 1984 and the University of Mississippi in 1988. He earned his law degree in Michigan in 1993 and was admitted to the bar in 1994. He has remained an active practicing attorney since that time. His legal career has included private practice in Atlanta and service in district attorney’s offices in Tifton and Savannah, Georgia. Since 2005, he has maintained a private practice in the…
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