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Bitter sun

Lewis, Beth, 1986-2019
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'The Dry' meets 'Stand by Me' and 'True Detective' in this tale of the darkness at the heart of a small mid-Western town and the four kids who uncover it. In the heatwave summer of 1971, four kids find a body by a lake and set out to solve a murder. But they dig too deep and ask too many questions. Larson is a town reeling in the wake of the Vietnam draft, where the unrelenting heat ruins the harvest, and the people teeter on the edge of ruin. As tension and paranoia run rife, rumours become fact, violence becomes reflex. The unrest allows the dark elements of the close-knit farming community to rise and take control.
Main title:
Bitter sun / Beth Lewis.
Author:
Imprint:
London : The Borough Press, 2019.
Collation:
452 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2018.
ISBN:
9780008145538 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92TFAF
LC class:
PR6112.E8924
Local class:
FT PbkFICAFAAFPBK
Language:
English
BRN:
2425332
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