Synopsis
They call Eddie Miller 'The Coed Killer's Son', because when Eddie was five years old, his father killed a local college girl, dismembered her body, and buried the pieces in the woods. Where Eddie's family name has brought only infamy, Jack's has bestowed deference and respect. He's the last son of an Old South aristocratic family, returned to his hometown of Lakeland, Mississippi to teach. At the back of his class, sits Eddie. Where others see a withdrawn, lackluster teenager, Jack sees a young man of some promise, struggling with the deadweight of a poisonous inheritance. To exorcise the burden, Jack encourages Eddie to confront the past and discover the truth about his father. All of it. But the school principal, the police sheriff and even Jack's reclusive father would rather the past was left undisturbed. Jack's father was a teacher himself - he taught Eddie's father - and he knows that not all questions should be answered, no matter how heartfelt the question. Because the answer to a heartfelt question will always break your heart.
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About the Author
Thomas H. Cook is one of North America's most respected crime writers. He won an Edgar award for his novel The Chatham School Affair and has been shortlisted for the award six times, most recently with Red Leaves (Quercus 2006). He lives in New York City and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Some questions are best left unasked.
When Eddie Miller was five years old his father killed a local college girl, dismembered her body, and buried the pieces in the woods. They call Eddie "The Co-ed Killer's Son".
Returning to his hometown on his first teaching job, Jack finds the young Eddie struggling with his infamous inheritance. In the hope that he can help the desperate teenager, Jack encourages Eddie to confront the past and uncover the truth about his father.
But shining a light on past secrets can cast fatal shadows on the present...
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