Magnolia State author and former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Randy Pierce will return to Starkville Thursday to promote his latest book, “The Peter Bay,” at the Starkville Friends of the Library meeting and the Book Mart & Cafe. Pierce said he drew on his experience in the legal field to write the courtroom drama, a sequel to Pierce’s first book, a self-published novel, “Pain Unforgiven,” which has been reedited and will be re-released alongside “The Peter Bay.”