Smokin` & Cryin`, Ombry Grace

August 27, 1972. Robin Chelsea, teenage lead singer of Smoky Topaz, disappears into the Atlantic Ocean mere weeks before the groups double album, Smokin & Cryin, is released. Recorded over one blistering Savannah summer in the dungeon of an antebellum mansion, its threaded with candid snippets of the band members dirty secrets, bitter arguments, and deepest fears.In the wake of Robins disappearance, Smokin & Cryin flies off store shelves and dominates radio airwaves to become the obsession of a generation of music lovers. But what really happened to Robin Chelsea? More than four decades later, the discovery of Robins candid writings-juxtaposed with news clippings, legal documents, reviews, letters, personal notes, and interviews-make it possible to finally piece together the tangled truth behind this mysterious rock and roll legend.

Smokin & Cryin is a work of pop-culture fiction with epistolary elements. It is Grace Ombrys second published novel.