Book description
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 'fiancé'. 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.
Pete Dexter won the US National Book Award for Fiction for Paris
Trout, two Penn West Awards for Best Novel of the Year (Paris Trout
and The Paperboy), and the Los Angeles Times prize for Best Novel for
Train. His most recent novel, Spooner (Atlantic Books), was published
to critical acclaim in 2009.
