Description

The troubles of two desperate familiesone white, one Mexican Americanconverge in the ruthless underworld of an Arkansas chicken processing plant in this new thriller from the award-winning author of Dont Know Tough.

Gabriela Menchaca and Edwin Saucedo are hardworking, undocumented employees at the Detmer Foods chicken plant in Springdale, Arkansas, just a stones throw from the trailer park where theyve lived together for seven years. While dealing with personal tragedies of their own, the young couple endures the brutal, dehumanizing conditions at the plant in exchange for barebones pay.

When the plant manager, Luke Jackson, fires Edwin to set an example for the rest of the workersand to show the higherups that hes ready for a major promotionEdwin is determined to get revenge on Luke and his wife, Mimi, a new mother who stays at home with her six-month-old son. Edwins impulsive action sets in motion a devastating chain of events that illuminates the deeply entrenched power dynamics between those who revel at the top and those who toil at the bottom.

From the nationally bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of Dont Know Tough and Ozark Dogs comes another edge-of-your-seat noir thriller that exposes the dark, bloody heart of life on the margins in the American South and the bleak underside of a bygone American Dream.

Author: Eli Cranor
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 06/03/2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781641297059
Language: English