Titus Crown, a former FBI agent, has come home to Charon County, Virginia, and become its first Black sheriff. On the anniversary of his election, a young Black man shoots a beloved white teacher at the local high school and is killed by deputies — and the investigation pulls Titus into the trail of a serial killer who has preyed on Black children while hiding behind the town's churchgoing respectability. A New York Times bestseller, the novel is a crime story about faith, race, and buried violence in the rural South.
Author: S. A. Cosby · Original publisher: Flatiron Books (New York), 2023
