Discover the Dark Heart of America's Heartland.
Essen, Indiana never felt like home to Kyle Thomas. Now, as he returns fifteen years after he was kicked out for being gay, he finds it stranger than ever. His novelist father, days after releasing his newest book—Dunbar's Grove—committed suicide. And most people think his father's book was a thinly-disguised confession to the murder of Kyle's mother years before.
A mysterious note in his father's old typewriter points to a secret the town is keeping. How did this little town in the middle of nowhere get so much money? What does the elite Minty Green Club have to do with it?
Kyle decides to put his investigative journalist skills to the test, reconnecting with old friends and running into old foes. The closer he gets to the town's secrets, the fewer people he can trust and the more every trail seems to lead to the mysterious grove of trees outside of town.