![]() ![]() As for Johnny’s beautiful, grief-stricken mother, Hunt acknowledges to himself that he’d best tread carefully there. He’s drawn to the boy’s grit and tenacity. But the fact is that he likes Johnny enormously. Hunt denies this, claiming it’s the terrible, tragic case alone that absorbs him. His boss, the chief of police, has begun to wonder aloud if Hunt has let the Merrimon case become unduly personal. ![]() His wife has left him his relationship with his teenaged son is getting less than the attention it requires and even his career has been jeopardized. Neither will Detective Clyde Hunt, who’s paying a severe price for what some call an obsession. By now, of course, conventional wisdom presumes her dead, but Johnny won’t let go. ![]() ![]() One year ago, his twin sister was kidnapped. Young Johnny Merrimon carries a detailed map of his Raven County, N.C., home and rides his bike in strict accordance with it, knocking on certain doors, bypassing others, but always watching. In his third novel, Edgar-winner Hart ( Down River, 2007, etc.) confronts murder, depravity, betrayal and the like, while still finding room for tenderness. ![]()
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