num_pages: 304
description: Set in Virginia in the 1980s, Tidewater Blood opens at the annual LeBlanc family celebration. Rich, pretentious, and proud, the LeBlancs operate a prosperous plantation and celebrate their heritage each year in grand old Southern fashion on the mansion's portico. But this year, the front of the mansion explodes and everyone on the portico is instantly killed. As the dust settles, all fingers point to embittered brother and ex-con Charles LeBlanc, who lives as a hermit outside town. When it seems he's going down on a murder rap, Charley flees to begin his own investigation. Charley must win the trust of one person after another--from his frat-boy lawyer to an old backwoods woman harboring a special hatred of the LeBlancs. Charley solves the crime moments before he faces imprisonment, but not before he learns long-hidden secrets about that illustrious LeBlanc blood. Crisp and cinematic, Tidewater Blood is a riveting and tightly constructed thriller."A first rate, page-turning thriller." --George Garrett"Limpid and swift-moving, with a full complement of understated an exemplary presentation of the innocent man on the run for readers who want more texture then they can find in The Fugitive. " -- Kirkus Reviews"This is a gripping read." -- Library JournalA MYSTERY GUILD SELECTION
language: English
title: Tidewater Blood
titlecomplete: Tidewater Blood
genres: Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 156
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Hammett Prize
publisher: Algonquin Books