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CHIEFS by Stuart Woods - SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS BOOKSee all titles by Stuart Woods.
Winner of the 1982 Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel.
25th Anniversary Edition
The compelling thriller that launched the career of best-selling novelist Stuart Woods‚ in an anniversary hardcover edition.
In the bitter winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano,
Georgia; the naked corpse of an unidentified teenager. There is no
direct evidence of murder, but the body bears marks of what seems to be
a ritual beating. The investigation falls to Will Henry Lee, a failed
cotton farmer newly appointed as Delano's first chief of police.
Lee's
obsession with the crime begins a story that weaves through the
decades, following the life of a small southern town and the role of
three police chiefs in unraveling the crime. Chiefs is the best kind of
thriller, where the investigation plays out against the drama beneath
the surface of a seemingly placid community, seething with the
pressures of race, love, hate, and - always - political power, extending
from the town fathers all the way to Washington, DC.
With a new foreword by the author, this volume will be a collector's treasure for all fans of Stuart Woods.
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