Super Short Summary

One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash is a Southern Gothic crime novel set in Jocassee, South Carolina, where Sheriff Will Alexander investigates the disappearance of Holland Winchester. Told through five different narrators, the story delves into the lives and psychological conflicts of the characters while Carolina Power forces them out of their homes to build a reservoir. Themes of justice, morality, and the consequences of secrets unfold as the community faces displacement. The book contains depictions of racism and racist violence, death by suicide, war crimes, miscarriages, and infertility.