First published 2005
Llewelyn Moss discovers a truckload of heroin and two million dollars in cash at a grisly crime scene. He takes the money, setting off a ruthless pursuit by a coin-flipping psychopath. As Moss evades his relentless pursuer, aging Sheriff Bell struggles to contain the escalating violence that threatens to engulf his small Texas town. At the heart of it all, one man's impulsive decision has devastating consequences.
Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: cat-and-mouse, morally-ambiguous-protagonist
Setting: Texas
309 pages · Hardcover · Alfred A. Knopf
Content warnings: graphic-violence, murder