「新奇刺激!」-史蒂芬.金讚譽
紐約時報暢銷犯罪小說作家S.A. Cosby全新作品
在維吉尼亞的Charon郡上,Titus Crown成為此處史上第一位非裔美籍的警長。這個安靜的郡上數十年來只發生過兩次謀殺案,然而多年來在FBI任職過的經驗告訴Titus,這裡看似是個風光明媚的歡樂之地,真正髒臭的死水,正潛藏在底處流動著。
Titus上任週年後的翌日,一位老師遭到舊生謀殺,而兇手又被Titus副手一槍斃命。深入調查此槍擊案中案後,Titus意外發現這兩名死者似乎都與多年前一連串的命案有關。為了追捕逃亡中的第三名兇手,Titus必須在充滿種族對立、仇恨與不信任的證人間穿梭,同時必須壓抑心中令他痛苦萬分的秘密…(文/博客來外文館)
The new novel from New York Times bestselling and Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author S. A. Cosby, "one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction.” —Washington Post.
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county.
Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies.
Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever it leads. But no one expected he would unearth a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
Now, Titus must pull off the impossible: stay true to his instincts, prevent outright panic, and investigate a shocking crime in a small town where everyone knows everyone yet secrets flourish. All while also breaking up backroads bar fights and being forced to protect racist Confederate pride marchers.
For a Black man wearing a police uniform in the American South, that’s no easy feat. But Charon is Titus’s home and his heart, and he won’t let the darkness overtake it. Even as it threatens to consume him...