Don't Be Cruel
Jun 2027 · Crooked Lane Books
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A chilling murder stirs unrest in a sleepy town on the Tennessee-Kentucky border in this moving follow-up to the USA Today bestselling Dead Man Blues.
Spring, 1957. A teenager sneaks off to an Elvis Presley concert in Nashville with her ex-boyfriend and her best friend before arriving home to face her irate mother. Then she’s found dead in her locked bedroom, with no apparent cause of death until a tiny bullet hole is found.
Amy Lou was popular and hated, a homecoming queen and cheerleader with a talent for malice, and plenty have reason for wanting her dead. As Deputy Dave Hendricks investigates, he uncovers a tangled web of rumors, local politics, high school students with dark secrets, and friendships damaged by senseless cruelty. When he needs to think, Dave spends time on Cedar Lake with his demanding but lovable dachshund, Shorty, and his wise mentor, Rex Hardy. But he works best with the sheriff's secretary, Sheila Shepherd, who should be running the whole case. Meanwhile, trouble is starting to stir with the KKK as rumbles are heard of possible school integration.
Still struggling to work peacefully with the sheriff—his former best friend now married to his ex-wife—Dave has to reexamine his own behavior, past and present, while trying to puzzle out who the real monsters in this town are.
Spring, 1957. A teenager sneaks off to an Elvis Presley concert in Nashville with her ex-boyfriend and her best friend before arriving home to face her irate mother. Then she’s found dead in her locked bedroom, with no apparent cause of death until a tiny bullet hole is found.
Amy Lou was popular and hated, a homecoming queen and cheerleader with a talent for malice, and plenty have reason for wanting her dead. As Deputy Dave Hendricks investigates, he uncovers a tangled web of rumors, local politics, high school students with dark secrets, and friendships damaged by senseless cruelty. When he needs to think, Dave spends time on Cedar Lake with his demanding but lovable dachshund, Shorty, and his wise mentor, Rex Hardy. But he works best with the sheriff's secretary, Sheila Shepherd, who should be running the whole case. Meanwhile, trouble is starting to stir with the KKK as rumbles are heard of possible school integration.
Still struggling to work peacefully with the sheriff—his former best friend now married to his ex-wife—Dave has to reexamine his own behavior, past and present, while trying to puzzle out who the real monsters in this town are.
A chilling murder stirs unrest in a sleepy town on the Tennessee-Kentucky border in this moving follow-up to the USA Today bestselling Dead Man Blues.
Spring, 1957. A teenager sneaks off to an Elvis Presley concert in Nashville with her ex-boyfriend and her best friend before arriving home to fa...
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About the author
S. D. House is the pen name of New York Times bestselling author Silas House, who is the author of seven novels, including his most recent, Lark Ascending, which was a Booklist Editors’ Choice and is the winner of the 2023 Southern Book Prize and the 2023 Nautilus Book Award. In 2022, he was the recipient of the Duggins Prize, the largest award for an LGBTQ writer in the nation. In 2023, he was inducted as the Poet Laureate of Kentucky for 2023–2025 and became a Grammy finalist. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Garden & Gun, and The New York Times. House teaches at Berea College and at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing.
S. D. House is the pen name of New York Times bestselling author Silas House, who is the author of seven novels, including his most recent, Lark Ascending, which was a Booklist Editors’ Choice and is the winner of the 2023 Southern Book Prize and the 2023 Nautilus Book Award. In 2022, he was the ...
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