β Scribed by Linwood Barclay
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Stephen King has called him "a suspense master." Now the New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of Broken Promise delivers a taut thriller about a crime that will give the town of Promise Falls a punch to the gut...
Private investigator Cal Weaver doesn't know what to expect when he's called to the home of Chandler Carson. The sixteen-year-old has been suspended for writing a violent story about a bat-wielding teen who beats his best friend to death over a girl. Much to Chandler's mother's surprise, there's nothing that Cal is willing to doβor can doβabout it.
Soon after, Chandler's best friend is found murderedβbeaten to death by a bat. Cal knew the victim, and now he knows the prime suspect. But there's more to this story than anyone could have imagined...
"Barclay has established himself alongside the masters of suburban fiction."βThe Associated Press
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