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First Published:
Feb 2005, 352 pages
Paperback:
Jan 2006, 368 pages
Comment: Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he's been waiting
for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man
in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his
son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead.
Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns
to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past— his
longtime partner and confidant, Joe Pike. Together with hard-edged LAPD
detective, Carol Starkey, they launch a feverish search for the dead man's
identity—even as Elvis struggles between wanting to believe he's found his
father at last and allowing his suspicions to hold him back. With each
long-buried clue they unearth, a frightening picture begins to emerge about who
the dead man might have been and the terrible secret he's been guarding.
'Very few thrillers leave readers with teary vision, pondering such
profundities as acceptance and forgiveness. This is one of the few. A deeply
moving, heartfelt mystery.' - Booklist, Wes Lukowsky.
'A potent mix of sound detection, black humor, cut-and-run action, sensitive-male
flapdoodle, and half a dozen first-class surprises. Welcome back, Elvis.'
- Kirkus Reviews.
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