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Eyes of the Innocent

by Brad Parks · 2011

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From the author of the award-winningFaces of the Gone, another thrilling and thoroughly entertaining mystery!

Carter Ross, investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys. With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carter finds the victims' mother, Akilah Harris, who spins a tale of woe about a mortgage rate reset that forced her to work two jobs and leave her boys home alone. Carter turns the story into a front page feature, but soon discovers Akilah isn't what she seems. When Newark councilman Windy Byers is reported missing, Carter must plunge into the murky world of urban house flipping and Jersey-style political corruption, aided by his usual mix of humor and street smarts.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of this
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2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisNew JerseyNew JerseyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 303 pages

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