Publisher's Synopsis
"In Richmond, to paraphrase William Faulkner, the past is neither dead nor even past. When a body shows up on a tombstone in Hollywood Cemetery, eternal home to two presidents (three, Confederate apologists demur, citing Jefferson Davis), it's news. When an ancient Richmond business mogul drops dead at his 100th birthday party, that's news. When it is learned that the birthday fatality and the guy on the tombstone were father and son, dead within a day of each other, that's definitely good for the top of A1 in the local rag. Coincidence? Willie Black, the newspaper's night police reporter, doesn't believe in coincidences. When Willie starts digging, which is what Willie does best, he finds that, as with so much in Richmond, there is a history. He will risk his safety and even his life trying to find the link between 19th century grievances and 21st century retribution. Willie Black has a history, too. A mixed-race kid reared by single m
