When Coy Hughes returned from the war for his father's funeral he thought he'd left behind the bodies and the carnage yet instead inside him lives a monster calling at him, singing that executioner's song whilst he deals with the turmoil of a life where he feels like he doesn't belong and a love he is too afraid to feel or incapable of feeling. Country Noir author JW Lollar delivers a harsh brisk reality with gutwrenching characters in this his tenth novel.