**"This powerful, unforgettable crime novel is a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as William Kent Krueger's _Ordinary Grace_ or Larry Watson's _Montana 1948_.... A must-read." --_Library Journal_(starred review) ****A LIBRARY JOURNAL Mystery Pick of the Month** **In a small Sout
Nothing More Dangerous
โ Scribed by Allen Eskens
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Missouri native Allen Eskens' "stunning small-town mystery" (New York Times Book Review) is "a coming-of-age book to rival some of the best, such as Ordinary Grace. " (Library Journal , starred review)
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_**A LIBRARY JOURNAL Mystery Pick of the Month
In a small Southern town where loyalty to family and to "your people" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition.
After fifteen years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother, high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing in on him, suffocating him.
Then...
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