Murder in the Okefenokee is a combination mystery/historical novel set in the 1930s. Sam Marlowe, a private investigator, probes a mysterious death in the Okefenokee swamp. The story is based on an actual event. When an innocent man is accused of the murder of a local trapper, his employer hires Sam Marlowe to establish his innocence. The investigation takes Marlowe into the depths of the swamp where his life is at risk. There he finds a moonshining operation that is unbelievably large. Outside the swamp he finds himself dealing with the Ku Klux Klan as well. In addition he meets a mysterious character who is presumed to be a federal agent. But this person may actually be a moonshiner masquerading as a revenuer. Sam Marlowe races against time to establish the innocence of the accused man before the Ku Klux Klan can lynch him.