โ Clark Graham
๐ Fiction
๐
2015
๐ English
โ 93 KB
๐ 1 views
โฆ LIBER โฆ
Eyes of the Innocent
โ Scribed by Brad Parks
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press;Minotaur Books
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1429992018
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner , is back, and reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys.
With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carter finds the victims' mother, Akilah Harris, who spins a tale of woe about a mortgage rate reset that forced her to work two jobs and leave her young boys without child care. Carter turns in a front-page feature, but soon discovers Akilah isn't what she seems. And neither is the fire.
When Newark councilman Windy Byers is reported missing, it launches Carter into the sordid world of urban house-flipping and Jersey-style political corruption. With his usual mix of humor, compassion, and street smarts, Carter is soon calling on some of his friends--gay Cuban sidekick Tommy Hernandez, T-shirt-selling buddy Tee Jamison, and on-and-off girlfriend Tina Thompson--for...
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