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Burn What Will Burn

A Novel

C. B. McKenzie
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Pages
224
Year
2016
Language
English

About

Bob Reynolds doesn't recognize the body in the creek, but he does recognize the danger of it. He's a newcomer to town, not entirely welcome, and not entirely on good footing with the sheriff. So far, he's kept his head down, mostly over the bar at the Crow's Nest. But he has interests other than drinking and spending his inheritance, including one that goes by the name Tammy Fay Smith and who may have caught the sheriff's eye as well.

Reynolds would rather pretend he never saw the body, but when it disappears, he begins to doubt what little he knew about this secretive town, a town that seems to become more unwelcoming by the day. Try as he might, he just can't forget the body, despite the advice he's been given to do so, and despite the evidence to suggest that he might be disappearing himself soon enough.

Following his acclaimed, award-winning debut, Burn What Will Burn confirms CB McKenzie as a one-of-a-kind crime novelist with an unforgettably original voice.

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"It's atmospheric to the nth degree, with prose that borders on poetry and a story that will put you off traveling south of the Mason-Dixon Line, perhaps forever."
Bookpage
"Every one of [McKenzie's] characters is tilted just a little to the left of normal. That, along with his poetic but gritty writing, will capture readers at first sentence."
Mystery Scene
"A suspenseful, hard-boiled crime novel filled with well-drawn, quirky characters and written in a tight, literary prose style."
Associated Press

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