Small Town Sins: A Novel [Paperback]

Edgar Award Finalist for Best First Novel
Named Top 10 Book of the Summer byPhiladelphia Magazine

Ken JaworowskisSmall Town Sinsis a gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives.

A deeply evocative thriller that lives at the intersection of bad decisions and bad luck,Small Town Sinsis an extraordinary debut, which will have you riveted from page one.Laura Dave, author ofThe Last Thing He Told Me

In Locksburg, Pennsylvania, a former coal and steel town whose best days seem long past, five thousand residents have toughed it out, and have reasons for both worry and hope as this neglected place teeters between decay and renewal. For some of them, their biggest troubles have just arrived.

After years of just scraping by, three restless souls have their lives upended: Nathan, a volunteer fireman who uncovers a secret stash of money in a burning building and takes it; Callie, a nurse whose tender patient may not have long to live, despite the girls fundamentalist parents ardent beliefs; and Andy, a recovering heroin addict who undertakes a nightmare mission to hunt down and stop a serial predator.

Before long, Nathans stolen riches threaten to destroy everyone around him as he tries to cover his haphazard trail of lies. Callie risks her career to grant her young patient a final, and likely illegal, wish. And Andys hunger for vigilante justice becomes a fierce obsession that may end in violence.

As their stories barrel toward unexpected ends, Nathan, Callie, and Andy struggle to endureor escape. They each face their pasts and gamble on their futures, and confront the underside of their rough Rust Belt town. Riveting, evocative, and unforgettable,Small Town Sinsis a debut novel that marks the arrival of a major new talent.