The best Southern Gothic I have read yet. It starts with a shudder and grips you all the way to the end. Based on a true story, I suppose it could be called historical fiction, but it's much more than the usual novel associated with that genre.
I wish I had written it, or that I could write one like it. It's written from several viewpoints, always in the third person past tense. There is some jumping around in time, but just in the beginning, and only for the effect - it's not confusing.
You won't find many adverbs here, or passive verbs. The author knows his craft and works hard at it. What I liked most about it was the excellent mix of plot and character. There was even a surprise at the end - rare in a literary novel. And I do consider this a literary novel.
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