VL Towler

Dismembered fingers. Lives cut short. And the end of tranquility in a small Louisiana town. Everybody in Nakadee is connected, like the fingers of one hand. But when those bonds are explored, an unsolved crime reveals that small-town America hides some very big secrets. Dr. Lula Logan, a Northerner teaching forensic anthropology at the local university — and researching the stories buried in the graves of local slaves — is reluctantly drawn into the investigation. 2016 Wheatley Book Awards Finalist: First Fiction.