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Master of the Delta
Thomas H. Cook
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9780151012541 Hardcover
0151012547
$24.00
384pages
Available
Trim Size:
6 x 9
Copyright Year:
2008
Territory:
US, C, O
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In 1954 Mississippi, Jack Branch returns to his father’s Delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige: teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student Eddie is the son of the Coed Killer, a notorious local murderer. Jack feels compelled to mentor the boy, encouraging Eddie to examine his father’s crime and using his own good name to open the doors that Eddie’s lineage can’t. But when Eddie’s investigation leads him to Great Oaks and to Jack’s own father, Jack finds himself questioning Eddie’s motives—and his own.
As the deadly consequences of Jack’s actions fall inescapably into place, Thomas H. Cook masterfully reveals the darker truths that lurk in the recesses of small-town lives and in the hearts of even well-intentioned men.
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THOMAS H. COOK is the author of twenty-one novels and two works of nonfiction. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories, including Best Novel for Red Leaves, which was also nominated for the British Crime Writers' Association's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and won the Barry for Best Novel. The Chatham School Affair won the Edgar for Best Novel. He lives in New York City and Cape Cod.
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Fiction- General
Fiction- Mystery & Detective/General
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Translation: Harcourt
UK: Quercus Books
Serial/Audio/Performance: Donald Maass Literary Agency |
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Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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