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Fast Falls the Night
Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2017. 304p. ISBN 9781250089618. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9781250098368. M
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The tightly interwoven community of Acker's Gap, WV, will never experience another 24 hours like this day. Drugs have caused a problem before, but now a batch of heroin laced with a toxic substance is wreaking particular devastation. As many in the area overdose or die, the race is on for county prosecutor Bell Elkins, the sheriff, and the EMTs who frantically rush to save lives and identify the local dealer. As people's stories emerge amid the tragedy, we learn about a burgeoning interracial romantic relationship, a damaged veteran who painfully yearns to parent his young daughter, and a kind pastor who is not quite what he seems. Bell's sister, Shirley, who served time for killing their father, also shares a tale, one that leads to a stunning, life-altering discovery for Bell.
VERDICT Keller (Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Writing; Summer of the Dead) tackles the current national opioid epidemic in an economically ravaged Appalachian region. This outstanding, taut mystery presents an important social issue with compassion and great humanity. [See Prepub Alert, 2/13/17.]
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