{"product_id":"the-cypress-verdict-daniel-harte-9798253312278","title":"The Cypress Verdict","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCypress Bend, Louisiana. November 1883.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eActing Sheriff Hollis Cain walks into his predecessor's office and finds the man shot dead, the evidence cabinet pried open, and one item missing - a ledger no one was supposed to know existed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat ledger documents a twelve-year land fraud that stole hundreds of acres from freedmen, poor whites, and widows through forged tax liens and rigged auctions. A scheme engineered by the county's most beloved judge. Protected by the very lawmen sworn to stop it. And worth killing for - twice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow five people want that ledger for five different reasons, and none of them are clean.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA compromised sheriff carrying evidence that could destroy him. A patient widow running a four-year con of revenge. A talkative bounty hunter hired by someone he's never met. A terrified courthouse typist who lit the fuse without knowing it. And a judge's drunken son who has killed twice and is losing his mind.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTold out of chronological order across colliding timelines, The Cypress Verdict is a dark, sharp, bloody Southern noir where every chapter reveals a new secret - and earlier chapters gain new meaning with each one. In a town where law, land, race, religion, and money all contaminate each other, the truth is the most dangerous thing anyone can hold.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor readers of literary crime fiction, historical noir, and novels where the violence is ugly, the humor is dry, and nothing is what it looked like the first time you read it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Harte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253312278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Daniel Harte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172563689727,"sku":"9798253312278","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cypress-verdict-daniel-harte-9798253312278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}