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Description edit
John Hart creates a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is poignant, a riveting murder mystery layered beneath the southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Johnny Merrimon: Add a description of this character.
- Yoakum
- Kopf
- Jack
- Levi Freemantle
- Der Mann
- Sein Blick
- Boden
- Alyssa
- Ken Holloway
- Sohn
- Fenster
- Gott
- Steve
- Wald
- Erde
- Katherine Merrimon
- Hunt
- Allen
- Freund
- Wasser
- David Wilson
- Schulter
- Frau
- Dann
- Knie
- Zimmer
- Burton Jarvis
- Clyde
- Der Junge
- Stein
- Himmel
- Bett
- Stirn
- Sie
- Ende
- Feuer
- Haus
- Holz
- Stelle
- Danke
- Brust
- Jean Pickens: daughter of Ezra, sister of Work
- Alex Shiften: Jean's lesbian lover
- Barbara Pickens: Work's wife
- Douglas: DA
- Ezra Pickens: patriarch of family, found dead
- Hank Robins: investigator that helps Work
- Vanessa Stolen
- Clarence Hambly: Ezra's lawyer
- Jackson Work Pickens: known as Work to most, son of Ezra, brother of Jean
- Dr. Stokes: neighbor of Work
- Max Creason: walker who Work befriends
- Glena Werster: Snobby neighbor who's a friend of the main character's wife. Very rich, selfish, rude, etc.
- Tara: reporter for a paper, provides Work information
- Jimmy one T: fundraiser "Jump for Jimmy" was for Jimmy one T, because he only had 1 testicle.
- Detective Mills: lead investigator into Ezra's death
Setting & Locations edit
Innes Street
- Sind
- Charlotte
- Seil
- Wachmann
- Stadtrand
- Tremont
- Wilmington
- Schalthebel
- Huron Street
- Parkstellung
- Salisbury
- Stolen Farm
- Rowan County
- Raleigh
- North Carolina
- Main Street
First Sentence edit
I've heard it said that jail stinks of despair. What a load. If jail stinks of any emotion, it's fear: fear of the guards, fear of being beaten or gang-raped, fear of being forgotten by those who once loved you and may or may not anymore. But mostly, I think, it's fear of time and of those dark things that dwell in the unexplored corners of the mind. Doing time, they call it - what a joke. I've been around long enough to know the reality: It's the time that does you.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 031234161X
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 031234161X
Page Count: 320
Awards edit
- Edgar Award for Best First Novel (Finalist, 2007)
- Macavity Awards (Finalist, 2007: Best First Mystery Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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