From John Hart, the twice-Edgar award winning US crime writing giant, The Unwilling is an exploration of family and the past, of prison and war and the indelible marks they leave on a community.
In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teachers act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target of a dangerous blackmailer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
'A gutsy heroine. A ticking clock. A breathless pace. Wow! This one had me reeling' JANE CORRY
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Her name is Jane Smith. But to friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith.
Why? Because she's the best criminal defence attorney in the Hamptons - the elite world of New York's rich and infamous. Because she's as good an investigator as she
October 1946, Clanton, Mississippi
Pete Banning was Clanton, Mississippis favorite sona decorated World War II hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one cool October morning he rose early, drove into town, and committed a shocking crime. Petes only statement about itto the sheriff, to his lawyers, to the judg