{"product_id":"unraveled-9781464207105","title":"Unraveled","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Not only does Wortham write exceptionally well, but he somehow manages to infuse \u003cem\u003eUnraveled\u003c\/em\u003e with a Southern gothic feel that would make even William Faulkner proud... A hidden gem of a book that reads like Craig Johnson's Longmire mysteries on steroids.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlending the racial topicality of the Sixties crime classic \u003cem\u003eIn the Heat of the Night\u003c\/em\u003e with the coming-of-age poignancy of \u003cem\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUnraveled\u003c\/em\u003e presents a gripping investigation into the extremes of human nature--both at its most repulsive and at its redemptive best.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1968; a time of race riots across America, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis, and polarizing demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In the rural Northeast Texas community of Center Springs, a car lunges through the guard rails on Highway 271's tightest curve and flings its two occupants down the new Lake Lamar Dam. What stuns the town's residents isn't the tragic accident but the identities of the two victims: Mayor Frank Clay, a white man, and Maggie Mayfield, a black woman who worked in his office. Each of them married to other people. What were they doing in Frank's car together?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving with his grandparents, Ned and Miss Becky, in a little farmhouse near the Red River, fourteen-year-old Top Parker finds himself caught up in another adult situation. The war escalating between the Clays and the Mayfields is frightening in its intensity. More horrifying is a man calling himself the Wraith, who moves through the region at will, invading homes and watching the Parkers. The Wraith has his own deadly agenda. And it soon becomes clear to Top that, for some reason, he is part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781464207105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Reavis Z. Wortham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051659620533,"sku":"9781464207105","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aec931cc-3039-4665-ae8b-0b3cccbba0fb.jpg?v=1764047569","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/unraveled-9781464207105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}