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''A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating'' STEPHEN KING
''Gripping'' MICHAEL CONNELLY
''Titus Crown is one of the most compelling characters I''ve read in a long time.'' STEVE CAVANAGH
A BLACK SHERIFF. A SERIAL KILLER.
AND A SMALL TOWN READY TO COMBUST.
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.
But a year to the day after Titus''s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student. The student i
