The sun is rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call is found dead on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A local redneck is swiftly arrested, tried and sentenced to death. Ward James - hotshot investigative reporter - returns to his rural hometown, intrigued by the proposition from a death row femme fatale who promises him the story of the decade. She's armed with explosive evidence, aiming to free her convicted 'fianc�'. Together, they barrel down Florida's back roads and through its seamy underbelly in search of The Story, racing flat out into a head-on collision that will make headline news.
ISBN: | 9781782391746 |
Publication date: | 7th February 2013 |
Author: | Pete Dexter |
Publisher: | Atlantic Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 329 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Crime and Mystery |