Cripple Creek

A year or so has passed since the events in Cypress Grove, the book that introduced John Turner, ex-con, former therapist, and now deputy sheriff in a small town within driving distance of Memphis, Tennessee, where he has migrated in hopes of escaping his past and finding a measure of peace. One day a young man, arrested on a routine traffic stop, is forcibly sprung from jail after Sheri Don Lee is brutally assaulted. Throwing caution aside, Turner goes in pursuit, unleashing ghosts he thought he had left behind. Lyrical and dramatic, filled with a unique voice and an indelible sense of place, Cripple Creek is a masterpiece of mystery fiction.