The Silent Hour
Michael Koryta
Jan 2009 · nick creighton
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In this blistering new instalment of his award-winning Lincoln Perry series, Michael Koryta has crafted an intricate, fast-paced thriller, ratcheting up the tension to a stunning denouement. 'Whisper Ridge - Home to Dream - 6 November 1992-27 April 1996'. So reads the strange epitaph carved beside the door of the home called Whisper Ridge, a multi-million-dollar piece of architectural majesty that once housed the beginnings of Alexandra Sanabria's unique program for parolled murderers. Uninhabited for twelve years, the home still stands as a strange monument to dangerous secrets. Private investigator Lincoln Perry's first involvement with the house and its legacy comes when Parker Harrison - a convicted killer and former parolee at Whisper Ridge - asks him to find Alexandra, who disappeared with her husband after the failure of the parolee program. Embarrassed by his initial mistrust of Harrison, and disconcerted at Harrison's claim that his reluctance to work for him suggests he doesn't believe in prison rehabilitation, Perry decides to take on the case. Then he discovers that skeletal remains of Alexandra's husband were discovered at the same time Harrison asked Perry to try and locate her, and decides he should have trusted his initial instincts... With the police investigation active again and decade-old threats circling, Perry is confronted with a sordid family mystery that will challenge both his abilities as a detective and his commitment to that calling ...
In this blistering new instalment of his award-winning Lincoln Perry series, Michael Koryta has crafted an intricate, fast-paced thriller, ratcheting up the tension to a stunning denouement. 'Whisper Ridge - Home to Dream - 6 November 1992-27 April 1996'. So reads the strange epitaph carved besid...
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About the author
While still in high school, Michael Koryta worked as a newspaper reporter and for a private investigator. His first book, Tonight I Said Goodbye, was published when he was twenty-one years old and an undergraduate at Indiana University. It won the Great Lakes Book Award for best mystery. Envy the Night won the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery/thriller. He is the author of the Lincoln Perry series and teaches at the Indiana University School of Journalism. Koryta's book Those Who Wish Me Dead made the Nwe York Time bestseller list in 2014.
While still in high school, Michael Koryta worked as a newspaper reporter and for a private investigator. His first book, Tonight I Said Goodbye, was published when he was twenty-one years old and an undergraduate at Indiana University. It won the Great Lakes Book Award for best mystery. Envy the...
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