
A man born to a black mother and white father returns home to Black Pool, Mississippi, to be with his dying mother. Taking a temporary job with the sheriff's department, he investigates a murder and lynching that is tearing the town apart. In the process, he must confront racial...

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The New York Times bestselling author and creator of the gripping Louis Kincaid series takes readers back to where it all began, as Kincaid investigates a murder in the hometown that always treated him as an outcast. Now available at a special price.


In what can be described as a modern-day "In the Heat of the Night", P.J. Parrish's debut novel delivers chilling suspense, knife-edge tension, and the compelling story of a cop confronting his own biracial identity in Black Pool, Mississippi.