It Dies with You is a smooth, slow burn of a novel that won’t let you put it down until you’ve unraveled everything. This debut from Scott Blackburn should be on every crime fiction fan’s list.
Hudson Miller, a down and out boxer, is working as a bouncer and bartender at a bar when he gets news of his estranged father’s murder. Forced to head back to his childhood hometown of Flint Creek, NC to take over the salvage yard his old man ran, the reality of who his father was and what he was into becomes clearer. With the assistance of the only employee at the yard, a grumpy Vietnam vet, and a tenacious teenager, who is hell bent on finding her missing brother, Hudson is compelled by his moral duty to uncover the secrets in this small town. Not an easy task for anyone, let alone three outsiders.
Blackburn teases out clues and information deftly as you get to know each character within the book. The larger themes of moral duty, right and wrong, and perseverance are not thrown in the face of the reader, but skillfully discussed and developed from chapter to chapter. If this is Blackburn’s debut, I can’t wait to see what comes next.
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