Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne Books
October 2007
On Sale: October 2, 2007
Featuring: Adam Chase
336 pages ISBN: 0312359314 EAN: 9780312359317 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Everything that shaped him happened near that riverβ¦.
Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murderβ¦.
John Hartβs debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of TheNew York Times declaring, βThere hasnβt been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along.β Now, in DownRiver, 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 heβs 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 heβs 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 Adamβs 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 heβs ever wanted.
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