Chiefs

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Title:

Chiefs

Author:

Woods, Stuart, author.

Series:

Will Lee ;

Series Number:

Summary:

In the bitter winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgia; the naked corpse of an unidentified teenager. There is no direct evidence of murder, but the body bears marks of what seems to be a ritual beating. The investigation falls to Will Henry Lee, a failed cotton farmer newly appointed as Delano's first chief of police. Lee's obsession with the crime begins a story that weaves through the decades, following the life of a small southern town and the role of three police chiefs in unraveling the crime.

General Note:

Includes an excerpt of Run Before the Wind.

Edition:

First G. P. Putnam's Sons premium edition.

Physical Description:

594 pages ; 19 cm

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Lee, Will (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Teenage boys -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

African American men -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Police chiefs -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Georgia -- Fiction.

Publisher:

G. P. Putnam's Sons,

Publication Date:

2016

1981

ISBN:

9780451215802

Publication Information:

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.

Call Number:

WOODS

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003625343	Adult Fiction	WOODS Stuart	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

Stuart Woods's Edgar Award-winning debut novel--a classic American mystery saga about three generations of lawmen tangled in a web of passion, secrets, destiny, and murder in their small Southern town...

In the winter of 1920, the first body is found in Delano, Georgie--the naked, brutalized corpse of a young boy. It is a crime too horrific to be ignored, the first of many that will span four decades--embroiling three police chiefs in a remarkable manhunt that will expose the hatreds, fear, and festering wounds beneath the surface of their sleepy God-fearing community.

Author Notes

Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia on January 9, 1938. He received a B. A. in sociology from the University of Georgia in 1959. He worked in the advertising business and eventually wrote two non-fiction books entitled Blue Water, Green Skipper and A Romantic's Guide to the Country Inns of Britain and Ireland. His first novel, Chiefs, was published in 1981. It won an Edgar Award and was made into a TV miniseries starring Charlton Heston. His other works include the Stone Barrington series, the Holly Barker series, the Will Lee series, the Ed Eagle series, the Rick Barron series and the Teddy Fay series. He won France's Prix de Literature Policiere for Imperfect Strangers. His autobiography, An Extravagant Life, was published in June 2022. Stuart Woods died on July 22, 2022, at his home in Lichfield, Connecticut. He was 84.

(Bowker Author Biography)