Blurb:

"A thriller with echoes of William Faulkner and Harper Lee, The Buttoms is classic American storytelling in its truest, darkest, and most affecting form.

It's 1933 in East Texas and the depression lingers in the air like a slow-moving storm. When young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River; their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do to stop his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and in doing so they will discover a truth that lies far deeper than any river or skin color."

I had the pleasure to read the German version and was so fond of this read, that I wanted to dive into the original.