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The true story of a teenage killer and the silence of a small New England town. For twenty years Daniel Paquette's murder in New Hampshire went unsolved. It remained a secret between two high school friends until an arrest was made in 2005. What was revealed redefined the meaning of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Danny Paquette: A self-employed welder
- Victor Paquette: Danny's brother, also working as a welder
- Rena Paquette: Victor and Danny's mother; losing her when they were still kids left a major impression on them both, but especially on Danny
- Melanie Paquette: Danny's stepdaughter
- David Cooper: Melanie's husband and father of her 5 children
- Eric Windhurst: Captain of the boys' soccer team at Hopkinton High; Melanie, the first girl to play on that team, worshipped him
- Chief Steve Agrafiotis: When he was a new police recruit, he worked on the Whitehall Road killing and was frustrated that it never got solved
- "Trapper John" Windhurst: Nicknamed for his hunting and trapping skills, he was Eric's much-older brother
Quotes edit
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“In 2003, Victor made his annual phone calls with some reluctance. He had been getting the same answer for nearly 20 years, and he was sure the people he talked to were going to give him the same old line. Victor contemplated not calling, then he rubbed the tattoo on his right forearm...If he no longer had the will to solve his brother's murder, who would?”
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Philosophically speaking, it’s always more difficult to eliminate improbable possibilities than to definitively prove facts.
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Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. —Christian Friedrich Hebbel
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Besides Victor, Danny had another older brother, Arthur, and three older sisters, Joanne, Marion, and Nadine.
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“You can’t pretend your home isn’t where it is, Eric,” he was told. “Everyone comes home... eventually.”
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In Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot wrote, “The last temptation is the greatest treason: / To do the right deed for the wrong reason.”
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First Sentence edit
On November 9, 1985, the morning that Danny Paquette was murdered, he had planned a full day's worth of work.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
PART ONE: THE MURDER OF DANNY PAQUETTE
1. On a November Morning in New Hampshire...
2. The Gypsy
3. A Troubled Life
4. A Magic Bullet
5. Roads Diverged In A Wood
6. It Runs In The Family
7. Bad Blood
8. You Can't Go Home Again
9. It Will All Work Out
PART TWO: THE WHITE KNIGHT
10. The New Girl
11. The Captain
12. Bury The Truth
13. Everyone Comes Home...Eventually
14. The Letters
15. Persons Of Interest
16. Guilty Feelings
PART THREE: THE HAIL MARY
17. The Chief
18. The Investigator
19. Tell M e The Truth
20. Best Friends
21. Live Free Or Die
22. Everyone Dies For A Reason
23. Rumor And Innuendo
PART FOUR: NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
24. The Gang Of Five
25. The Prosecutor
26. A Model Life...
27. The State Versus...
28. Surprise Ending
29. Many Rivers To Cross
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This book is in True Crime: Cold Cases. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kevin Flynn (Author)
- Rebecca Lavoie (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 364
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