“The Samuel Craddock series may be the best regional crime series around today. This installment is no exception”

“Readers of Shames' earlier Craddock adventures. . .will expect, and get, shocking revelations”

“Long memories help solve a fascinating case in a small town with plenty of big problems”

“Suggest for fans of mysteries featuring small-town police forces, including novels by Claire Booth, Steven F. Havill, and Tricia Fields”

“Craddock’s understated first-person narration, the vivid secondary characters, and a nicely drawn small-town setting . . . Should win Shames new fans”

“A neat character-intensive combo of clever police work and family angst”

“Shames’s award-winning series will appeal to fans of Steven F. Havill and the late Bill Crider”

“A surprise ending makes this entry one of Shames' best in an enjoyable series that raises small-town problems and their solutions to an art form”

“Series fans and newcomers with a taste for well-wrought regional mysteries will be rewarded”

“Readers new to the series will find themselves quickly at home in Jarrett Creek”

“Shames’s superior sixth Samuel Craddock mystery [is] a timely story with resonance in the era of Black Lives Matter”