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Carter Ross, the sometimes-dashing investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is back again, and confirming on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, NJ: a fast-moving house open fire that kills two males. With the help of the papers newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as Special Thang, Carter finds the victim's mom, Akilah Harris, who spins an account of woe about a mortgage rate reset that pressured her to work two careers and leave her young males without child care and attention. Carter becomes in a front-page feature, but soon discovers Akilah isnt what she seems. And neither is the open fire. When Newark councilman Windy Byers is reported missing, it launches Carter into the sordid world of metropolitan house-flipping and Jersey-style political corruption. Along with his usual mix of laughter, compassion, and road smarts, Carter is soon contacting some of his friends - gay Cuban sidekick Tommy Hernandez, T-shirt-selling buddy Tee Jamison, and on-and-off girlfriend Tina Thompson - for help in tracking down the shadowy body behind everything. Brad Parks' debut, Encounters of the Gone, received the Shamus Prize and Nero Prize for Best American Mystery. It was heralded as an engaging mix of Harlan Coben and Janet Evanovich. Now Parks solidifies his place as one of the brightest new talents in criminal offenses fiction with this legitimate, entertaining thriller.
