A Southern noir thriller of vengeance, rot, and redemption.
Small town. Big secrets. One broken man who won’t stop digging.
Earl ain’t smart. Ain’t clean. Ain’t even sure he’s her real daddy. But when his girl disappears and nobody cares—not the cops, not the church, not the town that always saw her as trouble—Earl remembers the last thing she said before she vanished:
“If somethin’ happens to me… it was Pastor Dave.”
No one listens to drunks. No one listens to poor folks. But Earl’s got a shovel, a busted truck, and rage sharper than truth. And if he’s gonna burn in hell, he’ll make damn sure the monsters go first.
As Earl hunts for the truth through twisted townsfolk, hollow prayers, and haunted girls, he stumbles into something deeper than just one girl’s disappearance. There’s a system. There’s rot. And there’s a history written in secrets, silence, and the blood of the forgotten.
Some good men stay quiet. Earl ain’t one of them.
What You’ll Find Inside
- A deeply flawed, fiercely loyal narrator in Earl
- A missing girl who knew too much
- A podcasting amateur detective with a sharp tongue and a sharper brain
- Small-town corruption that’s been hiding in plain sight
- Grief, guilt, and gritty vengeance with a heart
For Readers Who Loved…
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
- Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
- Where the Crawdads Sing—but grittier, angrier, and with less forgiveness
- True crime podcasts and Southern Gothic thrillers with bite
