"An Otto Penzler book."

In 1954 Mississippi, Jack Branch returns to his father $1 (Bs Delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige: teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student Eddie is the son of the Coed Killer, a notorious local murderer. Jack feels compelled to mentor the boy, encouraging Eddie to examine his father $1 (Bs crime and using his own good name to open the doors that Eddie $1 (Bs lineage can $1 (Bt. But when Eddie $1 (Bs investigation leads him to Great Oaks and to Jack $1 (Bs own father, Jack finds himself questioning Eddie $1 (Bs motives $1 (Band his own.