One Night in Mississippi Author:Craig Shreve One Night in Mississippi is the story of a young activist named Graden Williams who is brutally murdered in Civil Rights?era Mississippi. After the perpetrators are charged but quickly released, Graden's brother, Warren, drifts aimlessly for decades, estranged from the rest of his family and struggling with the guilt that he feels over his broth... more »er's death. But when the U.S. Justice Department begins re-opening similar cases nearly fifty years later, he dedicates himself to bringing Graden's killers back to trial.
A phoned tip after a television appearance leads him to a remote town in northern Ontario, where he meets Earl Olsen, the only remaining perpetrator who is still at large, and a man who is not at all what Graden expects. Surprising Earl in his home, Warren engages in a contest of wits that finally ends in death.« less