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(A Southern Gothic Crime Thriller)

Silence of the Lambs meets Justified in a courtroom—Rodgers drags you laughing and screaming through the hollers of East Tennessee. When faith curdles into fanaticism, the only antidote is a mother with a mouth like a sawed‑off shotgun and the courage to use it. Livestreamed murder, Southern fried gallows humor, and characters so real you smell the chicory coffee—Backstrap will carve a slice out of your night and serve it bloody. A whip‑smart thriller that skewers media frenzy, extremist theology, and the justice system with equal, razor‑sharp glee.