What Dies in Summer, Tom Wright

I did what I did and that’s on me. Jim and his cousin L.A were both runaways in a sense. Jim’s stepfather kept mistaking him for a punching bag and L.A. won’t talk about her reasons for arriving on their Grandmother’s doorstep with nothing but the clothes on her back.Now they’re safe, until the pair stumble across a dead body in a field. Jim knows her face she’s been haunting his dreams for weeks. Wright’s coming-of-age tale of young love and murder in a small town, plays out over a long hot ‘70s Texas summer. His characters pull you into their world, and Jim’s calm resilience will resonate long after the last page.