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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

byTom Franklin, franklin-tom

Genres: Crime Historical fiction Mystery Psychological Thrillers Detective Fiction Whodunit

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy character-driven mysteries with social themes and a Southern setting.

Topics FriendshipBetrayalJustice

MoodSuspenseful, Mysterious

ViolenceModerate

Amos, Mississippi, is a quiet town. Silas Jones is its sole law enforcement officer. The last excitement here was nearly twenty years ago, when a teenage girl disappeared on a date with Larry Ott, Silas's one-time boyhood friend. The law couldn't prove Larry guilty, but Amos' residents have shunned him ever since. Then the town's peace is shattered when someone tries to kill the reclusive Ott, another young woman goes missing, and the town's drug dealer is murdered. Woven through the tautly written mystery is the unspoken secret that hangs over the lives of two men - one black, one white. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year, is a masterful novel, sizzling with deep Southern menace.

Language

Published on

31/07/2014

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781447271710

Price Comparison

9.99 £

12.99 €

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