By Chuck Hogan
Donald Maddox has again to his sleepy Massachusetts place of birth after fifteen years away. even supposing he has no legislations enforcement history, he reveals a task as an auxiliary patrolman -- on a neighborhood police strength identified to encourage extra worry than belief. whilst the brutal homicide of a neighborhood resident shatters the isolation of this forgotten position, triggering the arriving of country police murder detectives and a townwide manhunt, either the neighborhood police officers and Maddox seem to have whatever to conceal. because the tightly wound secret that's Maddox's earlier starts off to resolve, he turns into ensnared in a dangerous conspiracy that finally threatens his lifestyles, in addition to the lives of these round him. A brilliantly plotted page-turner instructed with soul-deep characterization, crisp pacing, and unflinching realism, The Killing Moon proves Chuck Hogan because the unmatched grasp of gritty suspense.
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Eddie was two inches taller and two years older than his brother, but it was Bucky who was in charge, and had been ever since they were kids. Eddie's hair was straw blond to Bucky's dirty brown, but facially, especially in the tight eyes, there was no mistaking the Pail brand. Eddie ate green apples one after another like a horse, in big, choking bitescore, seeds, stem, and all. Eddie would never have bothered showing his face out here just to help. He knew something about this. " "Not 'thinks,'" said Heavey.
No town in the Cold River Valley could survive winter without one of these immense road clearers. Above the BLACK FALLS HIGHWAY DEPT. stenciled into the driver's side door sat Kane Ripsbaugh, his bare, sun-chapped elbow jutting through the open window as he kept the angry-looking plow at an even five miles an hour. The word "highway" used to be defined as any public way, and showed that the department and its facilitiesthe garage farther east on Main, the salt and sand sheds, the town dumpdated back to the early days of the automobile.
Not brilliant, but sort of cutting. "Oh, definitely," said Wanda, with a quick little smile back at Tracy that said, Game on, slut. Wanda walked away with her head angled down, knowing her skinny backside had an audience. She reached the FOR SALE sign and turned the corner. No car. Barefoot, no shoes in her hands. No handbag, no pockets, even. Wanda Tedmond had walked all this way without any money or keys. For what? Tracy waited many moments before turning back to Donny. She wanted to say something poised.