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James Sallis is among our great storytellers and designers, whose strong curiosity about human character is indicated in the strong tales of guys also often at odds with themselves in addition to the planet around them, as he's proven so often in past books. His new book, Cypress Grove, proceeds for the reason that highly-praised tradition.The small-town where Turner has relocated is among Americais misplaced locations, half-way between Memphis and permanently. Which makes it an ideal hideaway: a location where a guy can hide yesteryear and avoid the discomfort of individual contact, where you're left alone until you need organization, where discussion just occurs when there is anything to express, where you can stay and view an owl travel quietly over the face of the moon. And where Turner desires to overlook he has been a policeman, a psychotherapist, and, usually, an ex-con.There isn't any main offense to talk about until Sheriff Lonnie Bates comes on Turner's patio with a bottle of Wild Turkey and an issue: Your body of the drifter has been found—brutally and ritualistically— killed and Bates and his deputy need support from somebody with big-city experience who likes the treat of examining people in a little community.