Beneath Still Waters, by Cynthia A. Graham
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Beneath Still Waters, by Cynthia A. Graham
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The swamps and bayous around Cherokee Crossing, Arkansas have always been dark and mysterious, but on this summer day two boys stumble across the remains of a baby girl, headless and badly decomposed. Hick Blackburn, a reluctant sheriff with a troubled past is called to the scene. With nothing to go on except the baby’s race and sex, the task of discovering who she is and how she died challenges all of Hick’s investigative skills. But Hick faces a deeper challenge. The vision of the infant has left him shattered, a reminder of a war crime he has tried to lock away, a crime that has begun to eat away at the edges of his life, destroying him one relationship at a time.
With the aid of his deputies, Hick will begin to piece together his investigation, an investigation that will lead him to question everything. As he is forced to examine the town he grew up in, he will come to terms with the notion that within each of us lays the propensity for both good and evil. His investigation will turn up lies and ignorance, scandal and deceit, and the lengths a mother will go in order to hide her shame.
Beneath Still Waters, by Cynthia A. Graham- Amazon Sales Rank: #1605768 in Books
- Brand: Graham, Cynthia A.
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.08" h x .56" w x 5.15" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 224 pages
Review "Beneath Still Waters is Southern lit at its finest and most poignant." - Historical Novel Society
About the Author
Cynthia A. Graham was born in St. Louis, Missouri. As a child she spent every weekend and vacation in the cotton belt of Missouri where she grew to love the mystery and beauty of the stark, Delta Plain. Cynthia graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Missouri – St. Louis with a B.A. in English. She has won several awards for her short stories and has been published in a number of anthologies. Behind Every Door is the sequel to her first novel, Beneath Still Waters, also featuring Sheriff Hick Blackburn.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful & Completely Engrossing By Maxine McLister When the badly decomposed and headless body of a baby is found in the swamp, Sheriff Blackburn is, at first, reluctant to investigate. He suspects the perpetrator was probably a frightened teen and no good will be served by finding them. Since returning from duty in WWII, Hick has been trying to leave his past behind including giving up the woman he loves. And this baby has brought back memories of those days, memories he has been trying very hard to forget.But it becomes clear that he must find justice for this baby and, as he digs deeper into the crime, he begins to realize that he must confront not only his own past but the secrets lurking just under the surface of this small southern town.Beneath Still Waters by author Cynthia A Graham is much more than a simple murder mystery. It a beautifully drawn portrait of a post-war southern town as well as the stress returning soldiers experienced as they tried to reintegrate into civilian life after the trauma of combat. The characters are well-drawn and complex and, for the most part, very sympathetic. Graham makes you care about them, to feel you know them or want to and you care about the outcome, not only of the murder but of many of the other people in this small town who have been touched by it if only peripherally. This is a story about secrets and deceits, yes, but also about love and healing and community and it keeps the reader engaged from the first sentence to the last.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A fast, compelling read that will keep you guessing By K.D. Kort Beneath Still Waters is a novel that immediately gripped me. I started it one night intending to read just a few pages before bed and ended up reading over a hundred.Woven into the prose is a strong sense of place, and this murky Arkansas slough becomes a mysterious and sinister character itself. I also appreciate that Graham employs unique, consistent voices for each character, which makes it easy on the reader as several characters are introduced in a short time. In the mystery genre there needs to be a large group of people from which to guess the culprit, and that can be overwhelming, but it feels easy and natural in this novel.The writing itself is beautiful and appears effortless. It feels like the authentic post-war South in every way. Lines like, “Now, Tobe kept company with ghosts and entertained them with whiskey” felt genuine and poignant. Graham’s descriptions are vivid and poetic, and there’s a nice balance of exposition and dialogue.More specifically, I most enjoyed the relationships between the characters. Hick really is a protagonist to root for, and while he feels the shameful acts from his past will ostracize him, his desire to recover and atone makes him a strongly sympathetic character. Hick’s relationship with his sister I found interesting, especially seeing how certain events (their brother’s death, the influence of their father, Hick’s experience in the war) affect them in different ways. Hick’s father, who never appears in the book, is characterized so well I feel like he was an active participant in this narrative. He affects Hick often in everyday life—we see he is a great source of pride for Hick as well as shame for not believing he lived up to the example his father set. The magical “medicine man” quality was a great addition to his character, especially as we see it mirrored in Hick toward the end of the novel.I strongly recommend this book to lovers of mystery, historical fiction, or any great, character-driven fiction. Cynthia A. Graham has certainly proven herself with this debut novel.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. You won't just sympathize with the main character. You'll struggle with him and hope for a happy ending. By bob levin With her descriptive prose Graham takes us on a journey, not just alongside, but into the soul and tight pounding chest of the deeply tormented Sheriff Hick. Tension and mystery build as the reader wonders what exactly the troubled memories are. You'll want to hurry ahead, maybe flip to the end to discover what happened in Hick's past and what his future holds. Will he find relief or is he doomed to struggle in endless, sleepless agony? Don't give in to the temptation. Healing, if it is to happen, must come slowly. If it comes not at all, maybe there are insights to be gained as you patiently walk along the twisted path of a man who is, after all, a good man-- or is he?
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