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Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Dagger Award | 2014 | Winner | “Wiley Cash's Southern thriller won for its moral complexity, its authentic Appalachian voices, and its ability to make a summer of baseball and violence feel mythically American.” |
About This Book
Two sisters in foster care are snatched by the father they never knew, pursued by a vengeful bounty hunter, as Mark McGwire's record-breaking summer of 1998 forms the backdrop for this tense crime novel.
About the Author
Wiley Cash is an American literary crime fiction author from North Carolina. He won the CWA Gold Dagger for This Dark Road to Mercy (2014). His novels are set in the American South and explore themes of family, violence, and regional identity. Read more →
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