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Roy uses dual timelines and rural folklore to examine how violence becomes inherited family history.
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Let Me Die in His Footsteps
Lori Roy2016 selection · Mystery & crime
Let Me Die in His Footsteps
In 1952 Kentucky, Annie Holleran crosses onto a neighbor's property as part of a local coming-of-age tradition and discovers a body. Her story alternates with events in 1936, when a feud and murder conviction shaped the fears her family still carries.
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You enjoy Southern Gothic mysteries, family feuds, and slowly revealed pasts.
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Family historySuperstitionRural lifeViolence
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