Randall Haight has a secret: when he was a teenager, he and his friend killed a 14-year-old girl. Randall did his time and built a new life in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but somebody has discovered the truth about Randall. He is being tormented by anonymous messages, haunting reminders of
The Burning Soul: A Charlie Parker Thriller (Charlie Parker Stories)
β Scribed by Connolly, John
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
"Randall Haight has a secret: He is a convicted murderer, a man with the blood of a young girl on his hands. He has built a new life for himself in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but someone has discovered the truth about him. He is being tormented by anonymously sent reminders of his crime. He wants private detective Charlie Parker to make them go away. But another girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor's Bay itself, and her family has its own secrets to protect. Now, in a town built on blood and shadowed by old ghosts, Parker must unravel a twisted history of violence and deceit involving the police and the FBI, a doomed mobster and his enemies, and Randall Haight himself. Because Randall is telling lies ..."--Publisher's description.
β¦ Subjects
A Thriller
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