I'm almost finished the southern gothic novel "The Little Friend" by Donna Tartt (better late than never) -- about a girl who is determined to solve the murder of her young brother twelve years earlier, when he was found hanging from a tree during a family gathering. She becomes convinced, without any evidence, that the murderer belongs to a degenerate white trash family... suspense and tragedy follow. Extremely well-written.
I'm trying desperately also to get through DOMINION - The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy, but it's a very hard read.