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In a backwater American town of the “Rust Belt,” where life slowly fades, the fates of three people converge. Carla, a single mother worn out by poverty and hopelessness, is ready to risk everything to help her son hide the terrible truth. Reid, an autistic young man, clings to the promise he made to his mother shortly before her death and cannot allow himself to back out. Liz, a country singer-in-the-making, finally gets her chance—but she understands that if she doesn’t pay off a ruthless gangster, that chance will become a sentence. A dynamic neo-noir thriller with vivid, reader-friendly heroes earned enthusiastic reviews from both audiences and critics.