Red Leaves
Eric Moore has reason to be happy. He has a prosperous business, a comfortable home, a stable family life in a quiet town. Then, on an ordinary night, his teenage son Keith is asked to babysit Amy Giordano, the eight-year-old daughter of a neighboring family. The next morning Amy is...
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Eric Moore has reason to be happy. He has a prosperous business, a comfortable home, a stable family life in a quiet town. Then, on an ordinary night, his teenage son Keith is asked to babysit Amy Giordano, the eight-year-old daughter of a neighboring family. The next morning Amy is missing.Suddenly Eric is one of the stricken parents he has seen on television, professing faith in his child's innocence. As the police investigation increasingly focuses on Keith, Eric must counsel his son, find him a lawyer, protect him from the community's steadily growing suspicion. Except that Eric is not so sure his son is innocent. And if Keith is not . . . and might do the same thing again . . . what then should a father do?Red Leaves is a story of broken trust and one man's heroic effort to hold fast the ties that bind him to everything he loves.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780151012503 (0151012504)
Publish date: June 13th 2005
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Okay so I found this book at the bottom of a stack of already read books at a yard sale a couple of doors down from where I live. It was clear to me from the get go that it had not been read by anyone in the family of it’s current home, it’s pristine condition leaving no doubt on that score. I q...
the collateral harm from tragic eventsIf you're looking for creepy autumnal reads, this is highly recommended. If I said it was "suburban noir" would that seem silly? Anyway, Cook is writing about a father's reaction to the disappearance of the girl his son was babysitting. Do you trust your kid?...