What you have left : the Turner trilogy ; Cypress grove. Cripple Creek. Salt River

SUMMARY: A trio of brilliant mysteries “unlike anything else being written today.”—Chicago Tribune Over the past five years, James Sallis has created three of the most acclaimed mysteries published in America, each of them featuring the complex John T urner—former cop, therapist, and ex-con, trying to escape his past, yet ever involved in the small community somewhere near Memphis where he has sought refuge. What You Have Left—concise, elegiac, memorable—collects these three classics in one paperback volume. Cypress Grove : After Moving To A Small Tennessee Town To Escape His Past, Turner--a Former Cop, Psychotherapist, And Convict--is Asked By The Town's Overwhelmed Sheriff To Help Investigate The Brutal And Ritualistic Murder Of A Drifter. Cripple Creek : A Year Or So Has Passed Since The Events Of Cypress Grove. Ex-policeman, Ex-con, Former Therapist Turner Has Become Deputy Sheriff In The Small Town Within Driving Distance Of Memphis, Tennessee, To Which He Had Migrated In Hopes Of Escaping His Past And Finding A Measure Of Peace. His Life Is Mending As He And Val Bjorn Grow Closer. And Then A Young Man, Arrested On A Routine Traffic Stop With More Than $200,000 In His Trunk, Is Forcibly Sprung From Jail After Sheriff Don Lee Is Brutally Assaulted. Throwing Caution Aside, Turner Goes In Pursuit To Memphis, Unleashing Ghosts He Thought He Had Left Behind, And Endangering All That Matters To Him Now. Salt River : Assuming The Role Of Deputy Sheriff In A Small Town Near The City, World-weary Ex-memphis Cop John Turner Investigates Sordid Cases In A Community That Time Is Slowly Forgetting. Here His Past Catches Up To Him When His Son Rolls Down Main Street Riding In What Appears To Be A Stolen Car. Cypress Grove -- Cripple Creek -- Salt River. James Sallis. Compilation Of Three Novels Originally Published 2003-2007. Over the past five years, James Sallis has created three of the most acclaimed mysteries published in America, each of them featuring the complex John Turner--former cop, therapist, and an ex-con, trying to escape his past, yet ever involved in the small community somewhere near Memphis where he has sought refuge. The Turner Trilogy --concise, elegiac, memorable--collects these three classics in one paperback volume.