bA Quinn Colson Novel from the iNew York Timesi bestselling author ofi The Broken Placesib pThirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a frenzied posse, and lynched. pNow evidence of his innocence has surfaced, and county sheriff Quinn Colson sets out to identify the stranger's remains and charge those responsible for the lynching. But as he starts to uncover old lies and secrets of corruption, he runs up against fierce opposition from those with the most to lose--and they're not afraid to play dirty. pSoon Colson will find himself implicated in terrible crimes, and the accusations just might stick. As the two investigations come to a head, it is anybody's guess who will prevail--or who will come out of it alive. pREADERS GUIDE INSIDE