Name: The Bottoms
ISBN: 9780446677929

Joe R. Lansdale

When young Harry Collins stumbles upon a body in the local river bottoms, the region becomes trapped in a nightmare, as a vicious killer stalks the town, a man is lynched, and local law enforcement races to find the murderer.

The Bottoms

Melody Izard

A cross between To Kill a Mockingbird and Stand by Me (movie) the events in this book take place during the depression in a rural town in East Texas. A serial killer is brutally murdering women in the small town. The town deals with these murders in a racially biased way. The book is a mystery and a coming of age story. Not only for the narrator, Harry - but also for America as people deal with their deep seated prejudices.