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The Trees

The Trees

A Novel
CrimeLiterary Fiction
Pages
288
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

When a series of brutal murders plague a rural Mississippi town, two detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation arrive to find unexpected resistance from local authorities and racist townsfolk. Each crime scene presents a chilling puzzle: a second dead body resembling Emmett Till. As eerily similar killings surface nationwide, the detectives suspect retribution and uncover a buried history that refuses to stay hidden.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseGrittyThought-Provoking
RevengeMystery BoxDual Timeline

Genres

Crime Literary Fiction Mystery

Authors

J
Javier Calvo

Javier Calvo is the author of Uncanny Valley, a novel that explores themes of identity and technology. He's a writer whose work often touches on the strange and the familiar.

P
Percival Everett

American novelist and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. Author of more than thirty books, including James (2024), winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction; Erasure (2001), adapted into the 2023 film American Fiction; and The Trees (2021), a Booker Prize finalist.

Characters

SheriffAntagonist
DeputyAntagonist
CoronerAntagonist
Emmett TillSupporting
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