Coralee Harper struggles for justice for her dead brother and her own sanity in Depression-era rural Arkansas.

"The Gods of Green County is a harsh tale of people put in conflict by their searches for justice and mutual welfare...This bleak novel about the dangers of power will grip readers from beginning to end."—Kristen Allen-Vogel for Shelf Awareness

"At the center of Mary Elizabeth Pope’s compelling debut novel, The Gods of Green County, is a murder mystery, but there is so much more to be discovered along the way. It is a vivid and memorable portrait of a time and place—intricate threads weaving together a whole community—and the journeys of those forever changed."—Jill McCorkle, Hieroglyphics

"Vibrantly portrayed, the characters in The Gods of Green County inhabit the crossroads where faith intersects with madness, and hope meets despair. Mary Elizabeth Pope has captured, in finely wrought prose, the tragic impact that passion and self-interest so often have on human lives."—Andrew Geyer, Lesser Mountains

"The Gods of Green County instantly drew me in to its time, place, and circumstances. I trod along with its characters as their stories unfolded, a mute onlooker struck by the many moments of grace Pope wrote for them."—Ellen Airgood, Tin Camp Road

"The perfect combination of gorgeous, seemingly effortless writing and a suspenseful plot that will keep you guessing until the very last chapter. A stunning debut novel.”—Anne Panning, Dragonfly Notes