A moving tale.” People Magazine. Selected as a “Great Read.”
“Perhaps one of the best things you can say about a novel is that the story lingers after you finish it. I have gone on thinking about this one without trying.” Sue Monk Kidd, Author, NY Times Bestseller, “The Secret Life of Bees”
“This is what reading is about and what a good book is supposed to do.” Sue Grafton, author of the Kinsey Millhone mystery series
“Part road odyssey, part coming-of-age tale, King’s novel achieves the exact right balance of humor, redemption, and reconciliation.” Deborah Donovan, Booklist
“James King has written a fascinating novel of family dynamics that will resonate with readers on many levels.”
Holly Scudero, Sacramento Book Review
“A road trip worth taking.” Dee Ann Grand, BookPage
“King gets the intergenerational dynamics just right, and his recognizable characters linger with you.” AARP, The Magazine
“Funny and warm and touching.” Joe Meyers, Connecticut Post
“There is a depth of character development in King’s writing too often ignored in novels.” Cleveland.com
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For most of their lives, Doug and Gary McCarty have protected each other—and the dark secret they share. They thought they’d succeeded. They were wrong.
When an ex-con resurfaces with a threat to expose the truth, Doug stands to lose everything: his marriage, his career as a defense attorney, and the family he has struggled to hold together.
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“King’s writing is literary lightning!”
Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Days of Wonder and Pictures of You
“The tension builds throughout the book as James King skillfully intersperses flashbacks with present events. The dialogue is witty, the characters are profoundly credible, and the pace is high with plenty of unexpected twists and turns. I simply couldn´t put the book down.”
Carin Gerhardsen, International bestselling author of Black Ice and the Hammarby series.