From the author of the acclaimed novel, House of Cotton, comes an electric, haunting new Southern noir following the residents of Better Tomorrow Trailer Park in the aftermath of a gruesome murder.
Summer '97. Deadly sins. Misguided obsessions.
When Better Tomorrow Trailer Park's owner, Joe Candle, is found nailed to a cross in the center of the lot, the police have one question for the park's eccentric residents: Who killed Candle?
No one is safe from suspicion. Not the pretty, calf‑eyed cashier with a shadowed past, or the barber and his strange, altered demeanor, or the young son of a cop who harbors a volcanic temper.
As the investigation begins and satanic panic grips this small town in the heart of Appalachia, the low‑grade paranoia spreads beyond the borders of the park. With the arrival of a lone, mysterious detective, a darker plot is soon unearthed. The questions that arise threaten the very existence of Better Tomorrow, and the community is tested to its breaking point.
Thundering towards the dreaded summer solstice, Lonesome Holler is a beautifully written exploration of loneliness, a blue‑tuned elegy for community, and a comedic, devastating ode to the South.
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