The Big Ugly
Ellie Bennett is an ex-corrections officer who has just served a year inside Eastgate Penitentiary for assaulting a prisoner. She’s only been out for a day when she accepts a strange job offer from the head of a Christian political advocacy group. He wants her to track down a missing ex-con named Alexis. Although no one knows where Alexis has gone, it seems like everyone in Arkansas is looking for her—from a rich televangelist running for Congress to the governor’s dirty tricks man. When Bennett finds the troubled young woman, she has to decide whether to hand her over to the highest bidder or help her escape from the most powerful men in the state.
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Jake Hinkson
Jake Hinkson is the award-winning author of four novels (HELL ON CHURCH STREET, THE POSTHUMOUS MAN, THE BIG UGLY, NO TOMORROW), a novella (SAINT HOMICIDE), a short story collection (THE DEEPENING SHADE), and a collection of essays, THE BLIND ALLEY: EXPLORING FILM NOIR'S FORGOTTEN CORNERS. He has written articles and profiles for The Los Angeles Review Of Books, Mental Floss, Mystery Scene, and Noir City. His novels have been translated into French and Italian. His novel SANS LENDEMAIN was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix des Littératures Policières in 2018, and his novel L'ENFER DE CHURCH STREET was the 2016 winner of the Prix Mystère de la Critique. He lives in Chicago.
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