Barrett Raines is offered an opportunity to run for Lafayette
County sheriff against Lou Sessions. Backing Raines is Linton
Loyd, a powerful businessman and Sessions’ enemy. Barrett
doesn’t understand why a rich white man would want to back
him, an African-American, but it’s an appealing opportunity…
until Loyd’s son becomes a suspect in the death of a Hispanic
migrant female who was found shackled to the walls of a hut
in a swamp called Strawman’s Hammock. The likelihood of
Raines being the first black man to run for office in his county
is diminished when he finds himself caught between the sheriff
and the Loyd family…
About the Author
 Darryl Wimberley is an author and screenwriter who resides with his family in Austin, Texas.
Author's Website
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The Critics Praise:
“Combines a vividly realized setting…with a sensitive and
thought-provoking treatment of racial and social issues.”
- Booklist starred review
“The highest praise you can pay Wimberley's third procedural featuring Barrett Raines is that it makes you want to read his first two—like now…first-rate.” Publishers Weekly
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