Safer

Аннотация

From Dirt to The Cleanup, Sean Doolittle has dazzled critics and defied expectations, garnering bolder critical raves with each new novel. Stylishly written hailed the New York Times Book Review Superb declared the Wall Street JournalHeart-stopping, gut-clenching, eye-opening raved the Chicago Tribune. Now Doolittle fulfills all that promiseand morein his latest novel, a powerhouse of suspense that will catch you off guard at every turn.Because in Safer, a young couple moves into an idyllic little cul-de- sacand ignites a harrowing journey into darkness as a shocking accusation is made, a family is shattered, and the mystery of a long-ago crime begins to unravel.For Paul Callaway and his wife, Sara, moving from the East Coast to a quiet midwestern town was a major adjustment. But right from the start, Paul has tried to fit in. Hes played golf with the guys. Hes even joined the Neighborhood Patrol, grabbing a flashlight and a walkie-talkie to make these neatly tended streets even safer. Then Paul makes one mistakeand now they want him gone. But nothing could have prepared Paul and Sara for the quarrel that has erupted between Paul and a neighborthe self-appointed leader of the Neighborhood Patrol. Or for the next outrage, as police arrest Paul for a sordid crime he didnt commit. Suddenly Pauls life, university career, and marriage are at risk, as he finds himself locked in a desperate fight with an angry man, a dark conspiracy, and a secret that began with a childs disappearance ten years before.From the Hardcover edition.