The Distant Dead: An unforgettable thriller, powerful and poignant (People Magazine)
The Distant Dead: An unforgettable thriller, powerful and poignant (People Magazine)
Heather Young
A compelling and indelible story set in small town America that examines the burden of guilt, the bitter price of forgiveness and the debts we owe our dead, both recent and distant....
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Summary
A body burns in the desert... Does the boy who found it know more than it seems?
Sal Prentiss, orphaned and burdened with a terrible secret, just wants a place to belong. Sal lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills, and finds himself at the centre of a brutal murder mystery when he discovers the body of his maths teacher, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles' compound.
In the seven months he worked at Lovelock's middle school, the quiet and seemingly unremarkable Adam Merkel had formed a bond with Sal and was one of the few people to look out for the boy.
Nora Wheaton, the school's social studies teacher, sensed a kindred spirit in Adam - another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After his death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him. For Sal's grief seems shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he's telling about his teacher's death.
Product Description
Title - The Distant Dead: An unforgettable thriller, powerful and poignant (People Magazine)
Edition -
Author - Heather Young
ISBN 13 - 9780857308146
Imprint - Verve Books
Publisher - Oldcastle Books Ltd
Date Published - 25/04/2022
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No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x mm
Weight - g
Languages - English