Christian Napier remembers well when his best friend's
father was found guilty of murder. The friend, Nicky
Lanyon, moved away and Chris never saw him again, despite
having played with him almost daily for most of his young
life.
Nicky shows up years later while Chris is home to attend a
family wedding, looking destitute and desperate to prove
his father was innocent of the crime. The convoluted
situation -- the man Nicky's father killed was Chris' uncle --
leaves Chris feeling torn and pulled between the old
friendship and his family.
When Nicky hangs himself and Chris finds the body, Chris is
drawn to look more closely at the situation. What he finds
convinces him that his child's eyes didn't fully assimilate
what was going on and Nicky may well have had a point when
he rambled about his father's innocence.
Chris becomes more sure that he's on to something when
someone attacks him at his business, jeopardizing
everything he has worked and built.
Reading a Goddard book is like traveling in a canoe,
blissfully enjoying the scenery and sinking your mind into
beautiful writing. And then out of nowhere, up pops Jaws,
decimating your little craft and leaving you gasping in the
cold water, tense with the knowledge that multiple teeth
will clamp your legs and end your life. Every single book
of his -- and I've read most, if not all -- I find myself in
the first few chapters meandering along, enjoying the
glossy writing and wondering if I really want to read this
book. Then gradually, carefully, I'm sucked into the
people, the mystery, the wondering -- until I can't put the
book down. If you haven't discovered this author yet,
you're missing out on one of the many reasons books bring
joy.
On a bright autumn afternoon in Truro, the Napier family
celebrates one couple’s golden wedding anniversary and
another’s marriage. But for one member of the clan, the
day turns dark. Chris Napier, prodigal son, suddenly spots
the ragged specter of a former friend, Nicky Lanyon—a man
whose own family was ruined by the same twist of fate with
which the Napiers were blessed. And the next morning,
Chris is horrified to find Nicky dead, hanging from a tree
where the boys once played….
For Chris, the suicide
opens a floodgate of doubt and suspicion. How did his
family’s wealth slip out of the hands of a great-uncle,
brutally murdered before he could change his will? Were
the men convicted of the crime truly guilty? And who is
the mysterious, seductive woman who claims to know the
Napiers’ darkest secrets? As the crimes of two families
are exposed, a series of violent acts shadows him and
suddenly Chris knows he’s in uncharted waters…until a
killer drops one last disguise—for the ultimate act of
revenge.
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