Dark of the moon

Louis Kincaid returns to his hometown of Block Pool, Mississippi, after twenty-four years, a place where racial tensions still run high. On leave from his job in Michigan, he takes a temporary position with the local sheriff's department. When a human skeleton, the victim of a lynching, is discovered, Louis must navigate the deeply entrenched racism of the town and the mistrust of the African-American community to uncover the truth. He soon finds himself embroiled in a case that threatens to expose long-buried secrets and tear the community apart.