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The Sin-Eater of Nacogdoches
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 10 2026
Pages: 468
Weight: 1.01
Height: 1.04 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
In 1923 Nacogdoches, Ezra Harker makes his living writing things down-names, dates, affidavits, the tidy versions of messy lives. But when twelve-year-old June Mae appears at his office bruised and terrified, Ezra writes her name into his ledger for one reason: so nobody can pretend she was never there.
Sheriff Rusk wants to do what's right. Reverend Dodd wants to do what's proper. And the town's finest women-gloves on, smiles set-arrive with committees, petitions, and the soft, deadly word concern.
As June Mae finds her voice and refuses to be handled into silence, Ezra learns what every small town eventually teaches: a clean story matters more than a true one-unless someone is willing to keep the record, no matter the cost.
A Southern Gothic courtroom thriller about power, piety, and the paper trail that can't be erased.
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