Winner of the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing Acclaimed author David Joy returns with a fierce and tender tale of a father, an addict, a lawman, and the explosive events that come to unite them.
As chance brings together These men from different sides of a relentless epidemic, each may come to find that his opportunity for redemption lies with the others.. but he\'ll need help from the most unexpected quarter. . .
For months, the DEA has been chasing the drug supply in the Mountains to no avail, When a lead--just one word--sets one agent on a path to crack the case wide open .
But When faced with opportunities too easy to resist, Denny makes two choices that change everything.
He supports his habit through careful theft, following strict rules that keep him under the radar and out of jail.
After a workplace accident left him out of a job and in pain, Denny Rattler has spent years chasing his next high.
Frustrated by the slow pace and limitations of the law, Raymond decides to take matters into his own hands.
When his addict son gets in deep with his dealer, it takes everything Raymond Mathis has to bail him out of trouble one last time.
Winner of the 2020 Dashiell Hammett Award for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing Acclaimed author David Joy returns with a fierce and tender tale of a father, an addict, a lawman, and the explosive events that come to unite them
