The Evil Men Do (A P.T. Marsh Novel)

About this book

One of the New York Times Book Reviews Top Ten Best Crime Novels of 2020 "McMahon tells his story with flair."--New York Times Book Review The author of The Good Detective delivers a gripping and atmospheric new novel in which a cop takes on a harrowing case and confronts old personal demons. What if the one good thing you did in your life doomed you to die? A hard-nosed real estate baron is dead and detectives P.T. Marsh and Remy Morgan learn theres a long list of suspects. Mason Falls Georgia may be a small town but Ennis Fultz had filled it with professional rivals angry neighbors and a wronged ex-wife. And when Marsh realizes that this potential murder might be the least of his troubles he begins to see what happens when ordinary people become capable of evil. As Marsh and Morgan dig into the case it becomes clear that Fultzs death was not an isolated case of revenge. It may be part of a dark web of crimes connected to an accident that up-ended Marshs life a couple years earlier--and that now threatens the life of a young child. Marsh veers dangerously off track as his search for clues becomes personal..and brings him to a place where a mans good deeds turn out to be more dangerous than his worst crimes.