Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips
Set in rural West Virginia during the Depression, the novel fictionalizes the aftermath of a string of murders carried out by a man who lured victims through personal ads, and traces how the violence reverberates through a small town. Told in spare, lyrical, shifting voices, it follows family members, neighbors, and witnesses as they contend with bewilderment, loss, and the corrosion of trust, exploring memory, isolation, and the uneasy ways private grief becomes public spectacle.
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