The Sin Eater of Nacogdoches

In 1923 Nacogdoches, Ezra Harker makes his living writing things down-names, dates, affidavits, the tidy versions of messy lives. But when twelve-year-old June Mae appears at his office bruised and terrified, Ezra writes her name into his ledger for one reason: so nobody can pretend she was never there.Sheriff Rusk wants to do what's right. Reverend Dodd wants to do what's "proper." And the town's finest women-gloves on, smiles set-arrive with committees, petitions, and the soft, deadly word concern.As June Mae finds her voice and refuses to be "handled" into silence, Ezra learns what every small town eventually teaches: a clean story matters more than a true one-unless someone is willing to keep the record, no matter the cost.A Southern Gothic courtroom thriller about power, piety, and the paper trail that can't be erased.