Real Bad Things Author:Kelly J. Ford Beneath the roiling waters of the Arkansas River lie dead men and buried secrets. — When Jane Mooney’s violent stepfather, Warren, disappeared, most folks in Maud Bottoms, Arkansas, assumed he got drunk and drowned. After all, the river had claimed its share over the years. — When Jane confessed to his murder, she should have gone to jail. T... more »hat’s what she wanted. But without a body, the police didn’t charge her with the crime. So Jane left for Bostonâand took her secrets with her.
Twenty-five years later, the river floods and a body surfaces. Talk of Warren’s murder grips the town. Now in her forties, Jane returns to Maud Bottoms to reckon with her past: to do jail time, to face her revenge-bent mother, to make things right.
But though Jane’s homecoming may enlighten some, it could threaten others. Because in this desolate river valley, some secrets are better left undisturbed.« less