One moment. One moment can shape our entire life. One deep breath. One slow exhale. One painted sunrise. One taste of forbidden love. One word spoken too soon. One word spoken too late. One dance with a stranger. One wayward memory. One secret kept just a moment too long.
When Cicadas Cry
β Scribed by Caroline Cleveland
- Book ID
- 115172072
- Publisher
- Union Square & Co.
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781454952329
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β¦ Synopsis
In this stunning debut by a South Carolina attorney, Zach Stander, a lawyer with a past, and Addie Stone, his indomitable detective and lover, find themselves entangled in secrets, lies, and murder in a small Southern town.
**A high-profile murder case --**A white woman has been bludgeoned to death with an altar cross in a rural church on Cicada Road in Walterboro, South Carolina. Sam Jenkins, a Black man, is found covered in blood, kneeling over the body. In a state already roiling with racial tension, this is not only a murder case, but a powder keg.
**A haunting cold case --**Two young women are murdered on quiet Edisto Beach, an hour southeast of Walterboro, and the killer disappears without a trace. Thirty-four years later the mystery remains unsolved. Could there be a connection to Stander's case?
**A killer who's watching --**Stander takes on Jenkins's defense, but he's up against a formidable solicitor with powerful allies. Worse,...
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