Judas Burning (The Jexville Chronicles)

Judas Burning (The Jexville Chronicles)

Ritual Murder in a Small Southern Gothic Town In the concluding story of The Jexville Chronicles trilogy , Dixon Sinclair moves to Jexville to run the local paper, resolve the turmoil over her father’s murder. She moves into the McVay house, which is her heritage. Running the local paper is her last-ditch attempt to save herself. Two teenage girls disappear from a sandbar on the Pascagoula River. When the bodies are found, hung and burned, it’s clear that something other than simple murder is at work. Couple that with attacks on the local Catholic Church, and Dixon’s research brings up the possibility of Judas burnings—a ritual to exorcise evil . Dixon trusts no one, but she must work with Sheriff J.D. Horton even though she suspects he’s protecting an older river man, Eustace, and his companion, a much younger and psychologically damaged woman. When the investigative focus shifts to a young Mexican transient, t he town is ready to mete out justice , unless Dixon and J.D. move to stop it. Carolyn Haines is the USA Today bestselling author of over 80 books in a number of genres, from cozy mystery to horror and short fiction. In 2020, she was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. She was the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alabama Library Association and the Mississippi Writer's Guild, the Harper Lee Award for Distinguished Writing, the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence, as well as the Best Amateur Sleuth award by Romantic Times. Haines lives on a farm where she cares for dogs, cats, and horses. She urges everyone to please neuter their companion pets to help cut down on the suffering of unwanted animals.