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Down River

by John Hart

Edgar Award (Best Novel) · 2008 · Winner
St. Martin's Pressmystery-crimeISBN 9780312359041

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Edgar Award (Best Novel)2008Winner

About This Book

Adam Chase returns to his family's North Carolina farm after five years to find himself at the center of a murder investigation and the dissolution of his family. A Southern Gothic thriller that won the Edgar Award for Best Novel.

About the Author

John HartAmerican

John Hart is an American crime novelist. He has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel twice, for Down River and The Last Child—the only author to achieve back-to-back Edgar wins in the category. His thrillers typically involve family secrets in Southern American settings.

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