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This Edgar Award winner is "equal parts morality tale and page-turning thriller" (Denver Post)—classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and most affecting form, with echoes of William Faulkner and Harper Lee.

It's 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow-moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth that resides far deeper than any river or skin color.

Contains mature themes.

©2000 Joe R. Lansdale (P)2023 Tantor Genre Fiction Historical Mystery Small Town & Rural
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Really good listen. joe Lansdale’s the man for southern horror, particularly enjoyed the mad grandma

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First, this was brilliantly narrated... the story is very much a true detective vibe. Overall, just a very good novel

Excellent

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This book really takes you back to a time and place due to the excellent descriptive prose . A coming of age novel with a very hard and not so easy subject matter . Would recommend

Fantastic read

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