The Gone Dead Train A Mystery
The Gone Dead Train A Mystery by Lisa Turner is a first edition published by HarperCollins on July 22, 2014. This 368-page novel presents a Southern gothic mystery set in Memphis, where detective Billy Able confronts a series of bizarre murders intertwined with themes of Santeria voodoo and civil rights. After a traumatic case that left his partner dead, Billy returns to Memphis, drawn into a complex investigation involving flawed heroes, a damning photograph, and shocking betrayals.
Readers will find a narrative that explores the depths of human flaws and the impact of past secrets on present events. As Billy navigates through a web of deception, he encounters a disgraced baseball player, two blues musicians, and a conflicted police officer, all while uncovering connections to crimes from the civil rights movement. The story delves into the challenges of truth-seeking in a landscape filled with hidden agendas, as Billy’s instincts as a seasoned cop are put to the ultimate test.
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Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original!
Bestselling sensation Lisa Turner conjures a riveting Southern gothic mystery set in Memphis, with echoes of Midnight in The Garden of Good and Evil and Lisa Gardener, in which detective Billy Able is thrown into a vortex of bizarre murders, Santeria voodoo, flawed heroes, a damning photograph, and a stunning betrayal by a civil rights icon.
After time away to recover from the aftermath of a horrible case that left his partner dead, Billy’s back in Memphis, drawn into an ever-widening murder mystery that focuses on flawed heroes: a disgraced major league baseball player, two legendary blues musicians on the lam, a straight-arrow lady cop tortured by a guilty conscience, and two iconic civil rights warriors with secrets so dark they’ll shock the nation.
Detective Billy Able is at a crossroads. His previous case left him questioning everything he believed about his abilities as a cop and as a friend. Even though he’s considering leaving police work behind, he’s unable to turn off the instincts he’s honed after a decade on the force.
But when he stops a crime from being committed, he finds himself embroiled in a much bigger scandal. A murder that has just taken place has connections to a series of much older crimes dating back to the civil rights movement. As he investigates, Billy uncovers so many layers of secrets he can barely keep the truth from the lies. And he knows the straight-laced cop assigned to the case is hiding something big. But is it connected to the case? This time he’s determined to make sure he finds out the truth before anything else can happen. But as the search for truth with the help of a Santeria Priest leads him deeper into the underbelly of Memphis, will Billy make it out alive?
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