"In...Let Me Die in His Footsteps, Edgar Award-winner Lori Roy wrests from a Southern town the secrets of two families touched by an evil that has passed between generations."--
1936. Before Juna Crowley, with her black eyes and her long blond hair, Joseph Carl had been the best of all the Baine brothers. But then he looked into Juna's eyes and they made him do things that cost innocent people their lives. Kentucky, 1952. Everyone knows Hollerans don't go near Baines, not since Joseph Carl was buried two decades before. Annie runs through her family's lavender fields toward the well on the Baines' place. At the stroke of midnight, she gazes into the water in search of her future. Not finding what she had hoped for, she turns from the well and when the body she sees there in the moonlight is discovered come morning, Annie will have much to explain and a past to account for.
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Each month I'm trying to read 2 Classic books and 2 Award winning books. This book won the Edgar Award in 2016 for Best Novel. I was totally confused for the 1st 80 pages but started catching on and i can see why it won Best Novel. Half of the book takes place in 1936 and the other half in 1952 when the same characters in both time periods. The ending was a big surprise! Lots of folklore in this book. I'm glass I didn't give up on this too early, I'm really having good luck with the Award winning books and the author of this book also has another Best Novel award for an earlier book! Get this book and read it if you like good mysteries!! David N.
