The Current by Tim Johnston

 

This was a really excellent, really intense crime novel--not exactly like chewing on a live wire, but not far off. All kinds of small-town-rural pain and grief and social tensions, without any real Other or Othering. A great little prologue telling the story of how two people came to be friends, right before the instigating event; an old festering crime that is resolved, even if at least part of the instigating event continues to pend past the end of the novel. Juicy prose with a sound ear for dialogue and a clear eye for character. Lots of POVs, and at least two timelines, and sometimes it's not clear at least which timeline you're in, but things do clarify.