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Barbecue (2011) (edit title/settings)

by A. E. H. Veenman (Author) (edit contributors)

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Ben Pullman discovers eight-year-old Timmy Conway's drawing at the annual Forest Hill cookout. Mark and Pam Conway are dead, as gruesomely depicted in their son's picture.

Josh Topas botched his career as paparazzi when going after Chief Commissioner Mirack. Now, Topas faces bogus... read more

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At an annual Forest Hill barbecue, Ben "Tuba" Pullman discovers eight-year-old Timmy Conway's drawing, alerting the murder of his parents. Festivities brought to an end, Sheriff Volger and Houston's Detective Joseph Barry gather witness accounts from neighbors and friends.

Miles away in... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

At an annual Forest Hill barbecue, Ben "Tuba" Pullman discovers eight-year-old Timmy Conway's drawing, alerting the murder of his parents. Festivities brought to an end, Sheriff Volger and Houston's Detective Joseph Barry gather witness accounts from neighbors and friends.

Miles away in the city, Melanie Collins, Assistant D.A., hungers to build a case against Chief Commissioner Mirack for federal embezzlement and murder. She relies on a man, whom with she had an affair and still desires, if she can only keep him clean and away from seeking revenge.

Josh Topas, a washed-up paparazzi with a drug addiction, previously failed to land incriminating photos of Mirack and is facing bogus criminal charges. While he helps Melanie, he assumes the name "Jack Moon". He and his pregnant fiancée, Lauren, hide in the Underbelly, south of Forest Hill. She sells cosmetics up north, when Jack relapses and spends the last of their money. He attempts robbing the Conways during Lauren's visit; she's injured and, during their getaway, dumped outside of a hospital.

When she and her baby are stable, police convince her to turn over leads to Jack's whereabouts. In the final standoff between him and Barry, Jack discovers that the detective isn't quite the man everyone believes him to be.

Unfortunately, he won't live to tell.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Tuba Pullman: Tuba spent time in juvenile detention for the suspected accidental killing of his father.
  • Lucy DeWitt: Lucy DeWitt, a child psychologist, stresses that Timmy had the murder weapon, evading those looking for him.
  • Susan Heron: Susan Heron recalls that Lucy saw Tuba running from the crime scene earlier.
  • "Big Frank" Cleveland: Big Frank works as a water engineer and is an auxiliary character with compassion for Timmy.
  • Sharonda Cleveland: Big Frank and Sharonda Cleveland, a nurse at the hospital, know what the others don't: she rescued a pregnant woman in labor, unconsciously lying on the sidewalk.
  • Melanie Collins: Melanie Collins, Assistant D.A., hungers to build a case against Chief Commissioner Mirack for federal embezzlement and murder. Her ambitions get her in the end.
  • Josh Topas: While Topas helps Melanie, he assumes the name "Jack Moon". This causes confusion with two "Jacks" in the search for the murderer.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “At the first sign of trouble, I should’ve taken her offer to heart, but I was scared, confused. How was I supposed to know what laid in store for me—for all of us, really. The Forest Hills Community Annual Barbecue should have been a memorable event for a very different reason from what we were about to discover.”
    Tuba Pullman

Organizations edit see section history

  • State Bureau of Investigation: Local forensic labs are under suspicion for grant and funds embezzlement, which tie into the FBI's investigation of Chief Commissioner Mirack.
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): The FBI plants a mole in Chief Commisioner Mirack's network of dirty cops but can't get leads on the "mystery man" suspected of being the mastermind behind the ring of new forensic labs that are acquiring most of the state grants and funding.

First Sentence edit see section history

I was nearly finished when I noticed eight-year-old Timmy Conway.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. A. E. H. Veenman (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Jill M. Brown (Editor)
  2. Amanda Kelsey (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Apsen Mountain Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: July 27, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-60168-418-9
Page Count: Add the page count.

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

This book contains subjects and scenes of an adult nature. It is not recommended for anyone under age 18.

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  2. fiction, 
  3. murder, 
  4. thriller 

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