In A Fine Dark Line, follow hisownself to 1958, to a young boy who lives with his family in a drive-in movie theater they run, a humble but proud situation which will be threatened by a crime which occurred years ago.

The novel begins simply enough...

My name is Stanley Mitchell, Jr., and I'll write down what I recall.

This all happened in a place called Dewmont.

... and builds to a terrifying climax in which the past may be dead, but reaches out to the present.