Henry Carter Hull

Charles Schine, a steady man with a longtime job, a wife, and an ill child, finds his life spiraling out of control when he becomes involved with a married woman.

World-renowned war photographer Andres Faulques retires to the Spanish coast, where he spends his days painting a mural honoring classic works of war art and incorporating his own disturbing images, and one day is approached by a man claiming to be the subject of one of Andres' most famous images.

Wolf Hadda has risen from his modest beginnings as a lowly woodcutter's son to become a successful businessman, but when he is falsely imprisoned on charges of child pornography and fraud, he retreats into solitude and silence until his parole and then sets out on a quest for revenge that takes him to a dark place from which he can never return.

When Maximilian Ophulus is murdered by his Kashmiri Muslim driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown, authorities uncover a dangerous link between the murderer and the victim's daughter.

K'os, a Cousin River woman, nurses her hatred after being brutalized by a trio of Near River men, and when she discovers an abandoned baby at the site of the attack, she believes him to be a sign that she will eventually be avenged, but when Chakliuk grows to manhood he embarks upon a mission of peace between the two peoples, not realizing his mother is out to sabotage his efforts.

As Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew face escalating crime in Gatlon City, covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice, but also their feelings for each other.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. •  “Destined to become a special kind of classic.” —The New York Times Book Review

The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in...