The Devil and the River

When The Rains Came They Found The Girl's Face. Just Her Face. At Least That Was How It Appeared... From The Richard & Judy Book Club-selected Author Of A Quiet Belief In Angels. On A Summer Evening In 1954, 16-year-old Nancy Denton Walked Into The Woods Of Her Hometown Of Whytesburg, Mississippi. She Was Never Seen Again. Two Decades On, Sheriff John Gaines Witnesses A Harrowing Discovery. A Body Has Been Unearthed From The Riverbank, Perfectly Preserved, Yet Bearing Evidence Of A Brutal Ritualistic Killing. Nancy Has Come Home At Last. Already Haunted By His Experiences In Vietnam, Gaines Must Now Find Out What Really Happened To The Beautiful And Vivacious Nancy. As He Closes In On The Truth, Gaines Is Forced To Not Only Confront His Own Demons, But To Unearth Secrets That Have Long Remained Hidden. And That Truth, So Much Darker Than He Could Ever Have Imagined, May Be The One Thing That Finally Destroys Him. When Sherif John Gaines is called down to the riverside, it is to supervise the recovery of the body of a teenage girl. The corpse is perfectly preserved - she could have died yesterday. But the locals of Whytesburg, Missisippi, are in for a shock. For Nancy Denton - a girl missing for over two decades - has come back to them from the cold embrace of the riverbank. In 1954, on a perfect summer evening in August, sixteen-year-old Nancy walked into the woods, never to be seen again. Now she's been found and her mother can finally put her memory to rest. But Nancy's body bears horrific mutilations that suggest she was subjected to a terrifying ritual, an evil form of voodoo magic. Gaines discovers that Nancy's tight-knit group of friends were present the night she disappeared and now he must find out what - if anything - they know. But none of them want to talk about that time, or their relationship with the beautiful and vivacious Nancy. As Gaines digs ever deeper into the dark secrets of the town he is forced to confront his own demons. And when a new series of deaths begin in the wake of the discovery, Gaines must find the answer to two questions: Who really took Nancy that summer night? And what new evil has been released by digging her up? Krimi. On a perfect summer evening in 1954, sixteen-year-old Nancy Denton walked into the woods of her hometown of Whytesburg, Mississippi. She was never seen again. Two decades on, Sheriff John Gaines witnesses a harrowing discovery. A young woman has been unearthed from the riverbank, her body perfectly preserved, yet she bears evidence of a brutal ritualistic killing. Nancy has come home at last Als een sheriff uit Mississippi start met zijn onderzoek naar de twintig jaar oude moord op een vrouw wier hart is vervangen door een slang, realiseert hij zich niet dat hij uiteindelijk een seriemoordenaar op het spoor zal komen