A Strange and Bitter Crop

De: Ed Wyrick

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

"Wyrick possesses a great talent for voices; all the characters come to life in a slow, realistic manner, until you can hear them in your ear." - Mystery News

"Ed Wyrick's A Strange and Bitter Crop is an engrossing, fast-paced mystery set in the new/old South, with a likable heroine, both bold and vulnerable." - Karen McQuillan, author of Deadly Safari

It's 1994, and Legal Aid attorney Tammi Randall takes on the case of a black teenager accused of murdering a respected doctor and his wife. She thinks the job will be painful but simple: negotiate the best plea deal she can. The evidence is overwhelming, the town is furious, and James Cleveland’s own frightened confession seems to seal his fate.

But Patsboro, Georgia, has secrets—and Tammi has enemies.

As she digs deeper with the help of her friends, Dan, a levelheaded school counselor, and Mitch, a super-salesman and talented mimic, Tammi uncovers a chilling possibility: someone else was there that night. And that someone may be Buddy Crowe—the last fugitive member of the violent gang she helped put away.

Buddy has a long memory. And a score to settle.

Now Tammi’s routine defense spirals into a deadly game. Her teenage client’s future hangs by a thread… and so does her own.

Dark, atmospheric, and rich with Southern tension, A Strange and Bitter Crop is a gripping mystery where justice comes at a price—and the truth may be more dangerous than the lie.

"Wyrick captures his setting and proves he can write an action scene." - Publishers Weekly

"Tammi and other characters really come to life, good and bad, the dialogue is snappy, and the town and swamplands are described with fidelity." Baldwin Kansas Ledger