 Tense family drama makes for a dark and twisted thriller.
Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne Books
October 2007
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Featuring: Adam Chase
336 pages
ISBN: 0312359314
EAN: 9780312359317
Hardcover
$24.95
Mystery, Thriller
Everything that shaped him happened near that
river…. Now its banks are filled with lies and
greed, shame, and murder….
John Hart’s debut,
The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with
Janet Maslin of The New York Times
declaring, “There hasn’t been a thriller as showily
literate since Scott Turow came along.” Now, in
Down River, Hart makes a
scorching return to Rowan County, where he drives his
characters to the edge, explores the dark side of human
nature, and questions the fundamental power of
forgiveness. Adam Chase has a violent streak, and not
without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child
should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and
scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and
misunderstood---a fighter. After being narrowly acquitted
of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home
he’s ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For
five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless
gray of New York City. Now he’s back and nobody knows why,
not his family or the cops, not the enemies he left
behind. But Adam has his reasons. Within hours of
his return, he is beaten and accosted, confronted by his
family and the women he still holds dear. No one knows
what to make of Adam’s return, but when bodies start
turning up, the small town rises against him and Adam
again finds himself embroiled in the fight of his life,
not just to prove his own innocence, but to reclaim the
only life he’s ever wanted.
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