Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel

Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel - Paperback

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Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel
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Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel - Paperback

Fast Falls the Night: A Bell Elkins Novel - Paperback

by Julia Keller
$22.00
$22.00

Book Overview

by Julia Keller (Author)

In the next powerful mystery from Julia Keller, a murder investigation leads West Virginia prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins to the shattering truth about her own past.

Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's latest Bell Elkins novel Fast Falls the Night takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell's life forever.

The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sad--but these days, depressingly familiar.

But then there is another overdose. And another. And another.

Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian hometown is facing its starkest challenge yet: a day of constant heroin overdoses from a batch tainted with a lethal tranquilizer. While the clock ticks and the bodies fall, Bell and her colleagues desperately track the source of the deadly drug--and engage in fierce debates over the wisdom of expending precious resources to save the lives of self-destructive addicts.

Author Biography

JULIA KELLER spent twelve years as a reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, where she won a Pulitzer Prize. A recipient of a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, she was born in West Virginia and lives in Chicago and Ohio. Julia is the author of the Bell Elkins Novels, beginning with The Devil's Stepdaughter.

Number of Pages: 304
Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: July 17, 2018
ISBN9781250089625
Author Julia Keller
PublisherMinotaur Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages304
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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