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Dixon Sinclair arrives in Jexville, Mississippi, the town of her forebears, to find solace, stop drinking, and rebuild her life after her father's murder. As the new publisher of the weekly newspaper and a second-generation journalist, she's determined to ignite the political will of the townspeople and expose the corruption of the old guard. She forms an uneasy partnership with Sheriff J.D. Horton, another prodigal son returned hoping to find peace and a sense of fulfillment by keeping his show more town safe. Then two teenage girls disappear from a sandbar on the swift-moving Pascagoula River, and fears surface that evil lurks in the depths of the swampland-an evil consumed with rage against betrayal and an insatiable desire for vengeance. Suspicions fall on a mysterious transient, a young man running from a violent past in the Catholic Church of Mexico. Yet J.D. and Dixon discover that many there in Jexville have been betrayed, innocents suffering the sins of the fathers. Now they must find out who is willing to kill for revenge.. show less
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Carolyn Haines grew up in Lucedale, Mississippi, and graduated from high school there in 1971. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi in 1974 and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of South Alabama in 1985. For over ten years she was a reporter and journalist for newspapers. She was show more born May 12, 1953 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Carolyn Haines is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Original publication date
- 2005
- People/Characters
- Dixon Sinclair; J. D. Horton
- Important places
- Jexville, Mississippi, USA
- Dedication
- Newspapering is not a job but a calling. Journalists are the watchdogs of the community, and this book is dedicated to three reporters who aren't afraid to bark—Pat Sellers, Ronni Patriquin Clark, and Alice Jackson. And to ... (show all)the late JoAnn Sellers, a teacher whose influence will be felt for generations.
- First words
- His skin is golden against the tangled sheets, his chest moving softly in the rhythm of sleep.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)That was her legacy.
- Blurbers
- Standiford, Les; Spencer-Fleming, Julia ; Atkins, Ace
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