An entirely different story from Tartt's The Secret History, but no less engaging. Harriet Cleves Dufresnes is growing up in small town Mississippi in the 1970s in the long shadow of her older brother's unsolved murder when she was an infant. The murder has ruined her mother, who copes by taking pills and staying in bed, and left her older sister dreamy and fragile. Harriet, on the other hand, is precocious, tough, and determined to solve the case and exact vengeance. The cast of characters here includes a snake-charming preacher, an oily car salesman, a psychotic ex-con, and an ex-con who may or may not have a heart of gold.
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