Eyes of the Innocent Contributor(s): Parks, Brad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250002281 ISBN-13: 9781250002280 Publisher: Minotaur Books OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Carter Ross Mysteries |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the author of the award-winning Faces of the Gone, comes Brad Parks's Eyes of the Innocent, another thrilling and thoroughly entertaining mystery! Carter Ross, investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is 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 boys home alone. Carter turns the story into a front page feature, but soon discovers Akilah isn't what she seems. When Newark councilman Windy Byers is reported missing, Carter must plunge into the murky world of urban house flipping and Jersey-style political corruption, aided by his usual mix of humor and street smarts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Parks, Brad: - BRAD PARKS is the only author to have won the Shamus, Nero and Lefty Awards, three of crime fiction's most prestigious prizes. A former reporter for The Washington Post and The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger, The Player is his fifth novel. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two small children. |