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RAIN FALLS LIKE MERCY
By: Jack Todd
Simon & Schuster
November 2011
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Featuring: Pardo Bury; Tom; Bobby
272 pages
ISBN: 1416598510
EAN: 9781416598510
Kindle: B004T4KXL4
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Set against the sweeping backdrop of World War II, Rain Falls Like Mercy is a gripping depiction of a family and a country touched by the grand violence of war, the senseless violence of crime, and the intimate violence of the heart. In the tradition of true crime narratives like In Cold Blood, acclaimed author Jack Toddβs new novel grips the reader from the first page, and as it spans continents and generations of one family, its taut and shocking undercurrent of violence builds to a stunning crescendo. Toddβs first novel, Sun Going Down, which introduced the Paint family, won praise from reviewers and major authors like Michael Korda and Michael Blake. His second novel, Come Again No More, recounted the Paintsβ saga of triumph and tragedy through the Great Depression, inspiring the Ottawa Citizen to label Todd βa first-rate novelist with a tender heart.β Rain Falls Like Mercy opens with the murder investigation of a young girl in Wyoming in mid 1941. Almost overnight, the case is derailed by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Bobby mans an antiaircraft gun during the attack. Tom is deployed to England to fly bombers, still trying to pursue his murder investigation. His suspicion falls on Pardo Bury, the psychotic son of a wealthy rancher in Wyoming. As Pardo and Tom make their ways to their inevitable and shattering confrontation, Rain Falls Like Mercy displays Toddβs uncanny ability to zero in on his charactersβ emotional lives while simultaneously painting a sweeping picture of the historical events that shape their destinies.
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