"A patient, atmospheric piece of detective fiction that earns its shattering ending. Roberts buries his clues like gold coins—and the payoff, when it finally surfaces, is impossible to forget."
"Equal parts history lesson and slow-burn mystery and suspense. This crime fiction feels utterly real, and the final pages left me stunned. A confident, deeply Southern investigation book."
"Amateur detective Randy Millhouse is worth following—quiet, sharp, relentless. He carries a tangled forty-year mystery novel with ease. I closed this book and immediately wanted the next case."