The extraordinary new novel in the New York Times bestselling author’s acclaimed series about the real Deep South --- “a joy ride into the heart of darkness” (The Washington Post).
 
Quinn Colson is jobless --- voted out of his position as sheriff of Tibbehah County, Mississippi. But in the middle of the long, hot summer, somebody smashes through the house of a wealthy mill owner, making off with a safe full of money and shooting a deputy. As Deputy Lillie Virgil hunts the criminals and draws Colson in, other people join the chase, too, but with a much more personal motive. For that safe contained more than just money --- it held secrets. And as Colson well knows, secrets can kill.