The Distant Dead: A Novel,New

The Distant Dead: A Novel,New

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Nominated For The Edgar Award For Best Novel * Nominated For The Itw Thriller Award For Best Young Adult Novela Bookpage Best Book Of The Year * A People Magazine Best Book Of Summer * A Parade Best Book Of Summer * A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book Of Summer'Powerful...A Breathtaking Read, With Flawed And Authentic Characters Who Hit So Close To Home That At Times It Is Impossible Not To Root For Them.' San Francisco Chroniclea Body Burns In The High Desert Hills. A Boy Walks Into A Fire Station, Pale With The Shock Of Discovery. A Middle School Teacher Worries When Her Colleague Is Late For Work. By Days End, When The Body Is Identified As Local Math Teacher Adam Merkel, A Small Nevada Town Will Be Rocked To Its Core.Adam Merkel Left A University Professorship In Reno To Teach Middle School In Lovelock Seven Months Before He Died. A Quiet, Seemingly Unremarkable Man, He Connected With Just One Of His Students: Sal Prentiss, A Lonely Sixth Grader Who Lives With His Uncles On A Desolate Ranch In The Hills. The Two Outcasts Developed A Tender, Trusting Friendship That Brought Each Of Them Hope In The Wake Of Tragedy. But It Is Sal Who Finds Adams Body, Charred Almost Beyond Recognition, Half A Mile From His Uncles Compound.Nora Wheaton, The Middle Schools Social Studies Teacher, Dreamed Of A Life Far From Lovelock Only To Be Dragged Back On The Eve Of Her College Graduation To Care For Her Disabled Father, A Man She Loves But Cant Forgive. She Sensed In The New Math Teacher A Kindred Spiritanother Soul Bound To Lovelock By Guilt And Duty. After Adams Death, She Delves Into His Past For Clues To Who Killed Him And Finds A Dark History She Understands All Too Well. But The Truth About His Murder May Lie Closer To Home. For Sal Prentisss Grief Seems Heavily Shaded With Fear, And Nora Suspects He Knows More Than Hes Telling About How His Favorite Teacher Died. As She Tries To Earn The Wary Boys Trust, She Finds He Holds Not Only The Key To Adams Murder, But An Unexpected Chance At The Life She Thought Shed Lost.Weaving Together The Last Months Of Adams Life, Noras Search For Answers, And A Young Boys Anguished Moral Reckoning, This Unforgettable Thriller Brings A Small American Town To Vivid Life, Filled With Complex, Flawed Characters Wrestling With The Weight Of The Past, The Promise Of The Future, And The Bitter Freedom That Forgiveness Can Bring.

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