This 1995 book by Pete Dexter is a dark and moody tale. The story is narrated by Jack James, the younger brother of Ward James who is part of a super reporting duo at the Miami Times. Ward and his partner are working on a story in his home town where they believe a convicted killer was railroaded with "redneck" justice and is actually innocent. The story takes a lot of research but eventually wins a Pulitzer prize. Problems crop up when another reporter tries to double check the story.
A lot more happens, of course, but the brother characters Jack and Ward are very interesting. Their relationship evolves and you get to know them a bit by the way situations are handled.
Imagine my embarrassed surprise that this book was made into a movie just last year. The summary of the movie plot seems to leave out the parts of the book that I found the most interesting so I'll probably skip it but the link below gives you the option to request all versions of this book/movie/audiobook.
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