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One foot in Eden a novel

In 1950's Appalachian South Carolina, sheriff William Alexander must solve the disappearance of Holland Winchester amid a backdrop of infidelity, jealousy, betrayal, and a valley filling with water behind a new dam.

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  • "The year is 1951 and Holland Winchester, the local thug and a war veteran, has gone missing from his small, backwater South Carolina town. The local sheriff, Will Alexander, has a gut feeling Holland has been murdered but the sheriff can find neither the body nor the killer. He has his suspects but no evidence."
  • "Oconee, comté rural des Appalaches du Sud, années 1950. Le shérif Will Alexander doit retrouver un corps astucieusement dissimulé. Holland Wincherster a en effet disparu et sa mère est persuadée de sa mort, ayant entendu des coups de feu chez leur voisin."
  • "Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in Southern Appachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been mudered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, One foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrivalof one of the most mature and distinctive voices in southern litterature. (Source : quatrième de couverture)."
  • "In 1950's Appalachian South Carolina, sheriff William Alexander must solve the disappearance of Holland Winchester amid a backdrop of infidelity, jealousy, betrayal, and a valley filling with water behind a new dam."@en
  • "Will Alexander, sheriff of a small town in southern Appalachia, is baffled by a murder case with no body and no suspect, and sets out to find the truth about what really happened to a local thug."@en
  • "This brilliant southern gothic novel, by the award-winning and bestselling author Ron Rash, observes the consequences of love and murder across generations. Told from the perspective of the sheriff, a local farmer, his wife, their son and the sheriff's deputy, it explores the crime, shifting suspicion, blame and guilt with each new voice."@en
  • "One Foot in Eden unfolds through the distinctive voices of a small-town sheriff, a young married couple, and those who share in their secrets. Sheriff Will Alexander knows who murdered Holland Winchester, but he can't find the body and no one's talking, least of all Holland's neighbor, Billy Holcombe. And Billy's pretty wife Amy seems to know something about it, too. For years, the mystery will go unsolved -- until the day the power company forces everyone out and floods the valley and family farms where this close-knit community has lived and worked for generations. --from publisher description."
  • "One Foot in Eden unfolds through the distinctive voices of a small-town sheriff, a young married couple, and those who share in their secrets. Sheriff Will Alexander knows who murdered Holland Winchester, but he can't find the body and no one's talking, least of all Holland's neighbor, Billy Holcombe. And Billy's pretty wife Amy seems to know something about it, too. For years, the mystery will go unsolved -- until the day the power company forces everyone out and floods the valley and family farms where this close-knit community has lived and worked for generations. --from publisher description."@en

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  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "Un pied au paradis"
  • "One foot in Eden a novel"
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  • "One foot in Eden"
  • "One foot in Eden : a novel"@en
  • "One foot in Eden : a novel"
  • "One Foot in Eden"@en
  • "One foot in eden"

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