Dark Places
Dark Places by Reavis Z. Wortham, published by Sourcebooks, Incorporated in 2015, is a compelling narrative set in the turbulent backdrop of late 1960s Texas. This edition spans 368 pages and is presented in English. The story revolves around the Parker family, particularly fourteen-year-old Top, who grapples with his place in the community amidst a series of violent crimes. As his cousin Pepper seeks escape among the Flower Children in California, Constable Ned Parker and Sheriff Cody Parker confront a wave of kidnappings and murders that threaten to unravel their small-town life.
Readers will find a rich blend of historical fiction and mystery as the plot unfolds with Deputy Anna Sloan’s investigation into the crimes, set against a landscape marked by relentless rain and suspenseful encounters. The narrative explores themes of crime and the complexities of human nature, revealing how darkness can permeate even the most familiar settings. With elements of police procedural and Southern rural life, Dark Places invites readers into a world where danger lurks around every corner, and the past is never truly buried.
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Top 10 Modern Westerns for 2016 by True West Magazine
Top Books for 2015 by Strand Magazine
“Reavis Z. Wortham is the real thing: a literary voice that’s gut-bucket Americana delivered with a warm and knowing Texas twang.” –CJ Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author
At the tail end of 1967, the Parker family once again finds it impossible to hide from a world spinning out of control. Fourteen-year-old Top still can’t fit in with their Center Springs, Texas, community or forget recent, vicious crimes. His near-twin cousin Pepper, desperate to escape her own demons, joins the Flower Children flocking to California–just as two businessmen are kidnapped and murdered in the Red River bottoms on the same night a deadly hit and run kills a farmer. Constable Ned Parker wonders if these crimes are connected, but he goes after Pepper, leaving the investigation with Sheriff Cody Parker.
Parker hires Deputy Anna Sloan, an investigator with an eye toward detail as everyone is eyeing her. Yet it is instinct that propels her after killers through a world nearly forgotten, the hunt’s backdrop one of continuous rain, gloomy skies, and floods. When she’s ambushed, the investigation accelerates into gunfire, chases, and hair-raising suspense.
What of Pepper? Out on Route 66, the Mother Road to California, a man named Crow isn’t what he seems. Lies, deceptions, and a band of outlaw motorcyclists proves to the Parkers that no matter where you turn, no matter what you do, the world is full of such darkness that even grandmothers are capable of unspeakable deeds.
Best Small Fictions of 2015 by The Dallas Morning News
Will Rogers Medallion Award 2016 Honorable Mention, Western Fiction
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