**"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
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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)
**_
_**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...
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Just as blue eyes or a birthmark may be passed down through the generations, so too are other, far less welcome traits, not all of them physical, but emotional. More in Anger is the poignant story of three generations of women and the emotional legacy that follows each of them throughout the years
### Product Description College freshman, Shayne Ralston, never expected to meet the man of his dreams on his first day of school, but star quarterback, Desmond Stratton, is a force to be reckoned with. Soon he slips past Shaynes reluctance and romances the shy history major. Des has a decision to
In this second LA-based adventure, bookseller Adrien English arrives at the Pine Shadow Ranch (left to him by a beloved grandmother) to find a corpse in his driveway. But by the time the unfriendly local sheriffs arrive, the body has disappeared. Who are the mysterious strangers excavating on his l
Some secrets can't be kept. . . . _The Most Dangerous Thing_ Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and circumstances changed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the past--and the terrible lie they all shared.But now Gord
Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and circumstances changed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the pastand the terrible lie they all shared. But now Gordon ("Go-Go"), the youngest and wildest of the five, has died unex