The Trees by Percival Everett
Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.
When detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive to investigate a series of brutal murders in the rural town of Money, they meet expected resistance from the local sheriff, his deputy, the coroner, and a string of racist White townsfolk. As the bodies pile up, the MBI detectives uncover a history that refuses to be buried.
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