Master of the delta
(Book)

"An Otto Penzler Book."

Jack Branch has returned to his father's Delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige by teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student, Eddie, is the son of the "Coed Killer", a notorious local murderer. Jack feels compelled to mentor the boy, encourageing Eddie to examine his father's crime and using his own good name to open the doors that Eddie's lineage can't. But when Eddie's investigation leads him to Great Oaks and a friendship with Jack's own father, Jack find himself questioning Eddie's motives-- and his own