by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
First published 2017
Alexandria, a staunchly anti-death penalty lawyer, is thrown when she feels compelled to see a convicted murderer die. As she digs into his case, she finds unsettling parallels to her own family's buried past. Forced to confront long-held secrets, Alexandria must reckon with how the sins of one generation echo through the next.
Genres: literary-fiction, crime, non-fiction, biography-memoir, true-crime, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Louisiana, United States
326 pages · Hardcover · Flatiron Books
Content warnings: death, murder