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Rain Falls Like Mercy
Jack Todd
Touchstone
August 2012
On Sale: August 14, 2012
320 pages
ISBN: 1416598529
EAN: 9781416598527
Kindle: B004T4KXL4
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Set against the sweeping backdrop of World War II, Rain
Falls Like Mercy is the gripping story of a family and a
country touched by the epic violence of war, the random
violence of crime, and the intimate violence of the heart. IN THE TRADITION OF true crime narratives such as In Cold
Blood, acclaimed author Jack Todd's 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 fury builds to a stunning crescendo. Rain Falls Like Mercy opens with the investigation of a
young girl's murder in Wyoming in mid-1941. Tom Call, the
young sheriff in charge of the case, falls in love with
Juanita, the wife of Eli Paint, whose son Leo and grandson
Bobby Watson are on duty with the U.S. Navy. Almost
overnight, the case is derailed by the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor, disrupting the lives of all involved. Tom
joins the U.S. Air Force and is deployed to England to fly
bombers, while 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
Todd's uncanny ability to zero in on his characters'
emotional lives while simultaneously painting an epic
picture of the historical events that shape their destinies.
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