Little, Brown

Published as God'll Cut You Down in the US, Murder in Mississippi is as much about race and sexuality in modern America as it is about murder.

We start the book knowing exactly who did the crime. But the questions of why the killer did it, confessed, changed his confession, and pleaded guilty take fish-out-of-water journalist John Safran on a madcap journey through the Deep South that's filled with eccentric characters, witty observations, and disturbing conclusions.