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Synopsis
The death of an infant of mixed race triggers a violent confrontation when the local Baptist church refuses to allow the child's body to be buried in their cemetary, a situation that becomes complicated when the church is set ablaze, a body is found in the rubble, and the dead baby's black father, Elijah Waddell, is accused of the crime.
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About the Author
David L. Robbins is the author of War of the Rats, The End of War, and Souls to Keep. He is a former attorney and a freelance writer who lives in Richmond, Virginia.
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. Robbins, bestselling author of The End of War and War of the Rats, comes a novel of searing intensity and uncompromising vision. Part mystery, part legal thriller, it is a story of crime and punishment set in a small southern town during one brutal, hot, and unforgiving summer that lays bare the potential of the human heart to hate and, ultimately, to heal.
Scorched Earth
The inhabitants of Good Hope, Virginia, haven t felt the cooling effects of rain in weeks. The crops are withering. The ground is parched. There is no relief in sight. With the town a tinderbox waiting to explode, all it takes is a spark to ignite all the prejudice, the rage, and the secrets that are so carefully kept hidden. And then, in the midst of the terrible heat, a tragedy occurs. A baby is born and dies in her mother s arms. The child, Nora Carol, is buried quickly and quietly the next day in a church graveyard. It should have ended right th
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