{"product_id":"hell-at-the-breech-9780060566760","title":"Hell at the Breech","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1897, an aspiring politician is mysteriously murdered in the rural area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat. His outraged friends -- --mostly poor cotton farmers -- form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe responsible. The hooded members wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre where the innocent suffer alongside the guilty. Caught in the maelstrom of the Mitcham war are four people: the aging sheriff sympathetic to both sides; the widowed midwife who delivered nearly every member of Hell-at-the-Breech; a ruthless detective who wages his own war against the gang; and a young store clerk who harbors a terrible secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on incidents that occurred a few miles from the author's childhood home, \u003cem\u003eHell at the Breech\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the events of dark days that led the people involved to discover their capacity for good, evil, or for both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFranklin, Tom:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eTom Franklin is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize and the Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger Award. His previous works include \u003cem\u003ePoachers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHell at the Breech\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSmonk\u003c\/em\u003e. He teaches in the University of Mississippi's MFA program.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692576248082,"sku":"9780060566760","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bc297b4b-62a3-4119-aa19-3ddd0003c3bb.jpg?v=1734127884","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hell-at-the-breech-9780060566760","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}