James Morrow, a social worker with a troubled past, befriends Tucker Flynn, a local New Hampshire lobsterman. James's wife, Maya, is a police detective investigating a heroin epidemic. Both the Morrows and the Flynns are holding dark secrets, and when their lives collide, tragedy is inevitable.
1) No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
2) Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
3) Affliction, by Russell Banks