The Tough & Tannic Book Club: From the Dust

The Tough & Tannic Book Club: Where the wine is bold, and the prose cuts like glass.

OK, guys—we heard you. The ladies have been onto something with book clubs, and now it’s your turn. While this one isn’t exclusively for men, Tough & Tannic leans into a richer, moodier energy—think deep, brooding reds over rosy rosé vibes. This is our newest book club where hard-boiled detectives, double agents, and femme fatales come to play.

This month, we're diving into From the Dust by David Swinson. Retired DC homicide detective Graham Sanderson moves to the remote Finger Lakes to care for his shut-in brother—until a body turns up and the local police chief, an old family friend, pulls him back into the work he knows too well. The deeper he digs, the more he finds hidden in the town's quiet hierarchies. A soulful rural noir about belief, and what you stand…