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Synopsis
'What did my father do? He killed my mother, my sister, and my brother, then waited to kill me...' Steve Farris is an architect who lives with his wife and son in the suburbs. His world changes drastically when he is contacted by Rebecca Soltero, who wants to interview him for a book she's writing about men who murdered their families. For in 1959 Steve's father shot his wife and their teenage daughter and son, then vanished. Nine-year-old Stevie, desperately missing his gifted older sister, managed to block out all thoughts about the deaths. Now Rebecca lures him into talking, and he is forced to acknowledge the questions that have haunted his subconscious mind: did his father mean to kill him, too? What secret did his father and his sister share? The novel shifts back and forth in time, from the present to the years before Steve's birth to the immediate aftermath of the deaths, but always comes back to the horrible deed - the excruciating how and the unanswerable why.
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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 California and Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Thomas H. Cook is the author of 14 previous novels and two books of true crime.
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Haunted by his past, Steve Farris can never forget the butchery of his family at the hands of his own father. He was only young when it happened, but he's always asked himself - did Dad want to kill me too?
He buried such thoughts deep in the recess of his subconscious and tried to build a new life. But when author Rebecca Soltero contacts him, everything changes. She is writing a book about men who murdered their families and lures Steve into talking.
His semblance of sanity starts to unravel...
Mortal Memory probes the dark side of the human psyche to devastating effect.
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- PublisherQuercus
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 184916035X
- ISBN 13 9781849160353
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages400
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