Some paths lead home. Others lead to questions that refuse to die.
John Reese Prater's murder left behind more questions than answers. In the 1930s hollers of Morgan County, Kentucky, two hounds follow a wooded path-but they do not stop on their own. John Reese Prater's father stops them before they go any farther, creating one of the case's most haunting details.
Set among isolated cabins, mist-covered trails, and forgotten railroad lines, Where the Hounds Stopped reimagines a true unsolved case through the eyes of the people caught in its shadow. As rumors spread, loyalties fracture, and long-buried secrets surface, the truth becomes harder to separate from fear and speculation.
Why did Prater's father stop the hounds? What lay beyond that point on the path? And how much did those closest to Prater truly know?
Blending historical details with imagined scenes, dialogue, and character moments, this haunting novel brings John Reese Prater's murder back to life.
