David Joy
Author
Description
"Toya Gardner, a young Black artist from Atlanta, has returned to her ancestral home in the North Carolina mountains to trace her family history and complete her graduate thesis. But when she encounters a still-standing Confederate monument in the heart of town, she sets her sights on something bigger. Meanwhile, local deputies find a man sleeping in the back of a station wagon and believe him to be nothing more than some slack-jawed drifter. Yet...
2) Devil's peak
Description
"Deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Charlie controls his family and his meth-dealing business with his fists. When his son meets the girl of his dreams, desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and freeing himself from the clutches of his cruel father and long suffering mother, he is forced to go head-to-head with the terrifying man who will stop at nothing to ensure loyalty from all of those around him." --container