Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Gold Dagger Award · 2011 · Winner

Pan MacmillanSeptember 23, 2010mystery-crimeISBN 9780330534413

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Gold Dagger Award	2011	Winner	“Tom Franklin's novel of two men and a Mississippi murder won for its profound exploration of race, friendship, and guilt, and its lyrical command of Southern American voice.”

About This Book

Two childhood friends—one Black, one white—are reunited in rural Mississippi when a girl goes missing and the town's long-suspected killer becomes the chief suspect again, forcing them to confront their shared past.

About the Author

Tom FranklinUS

Tom Franklin is an American author of crime fiction and Southern literary fiction. He won the CWA Gold Dagger for Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (2011), a celebrated novel about friendship, race, and violence in rural Mississippi. He is also known for Hell at the Breech and the short story collection Poachers. Read more →