Mortal Memory - Couverture souple

Cook, Thomas H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 000647862X ISBN 13 : 9780006478621

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1997

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Along with Jamie and my  mother, Laura died at approximately four in the  afternoon. It was almost two hours later that Mrs.  Hamilton, a neighbor from across the street, saw my  father drive away. During those long two hours in  which he remained in the house, my father washed my  mother's body and arranged her neatly on the bed.  After that, he made a ham sandwich and ate it at  the table in the kitchen. He drank a cup of coffee,  leaving both the plate and the cup in the sink. He  didn't pack anything, because he left with  nothing. He didn't reenter either Laura's of Jamie's  room. He made no attempt to clean up the frightful  mess that had been made of them. And yet, for no  apparent reason, he remained in the house for a full  two hours. What had he been waiting for?

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A withdrawn architect revisits the darkest moment of his childhood

Steve Farris was nine years old in 1959, the youngest child in a family that was about to be snuffed out. Around four o'clock on an ordinary November afternoon, Steve's father loaded his shotgun. With calm precision he killed his teenaged son and daughter, and then turned the weapon on his wife. For two hours he waited for his youngest son to come home from school. When Steve did not appear, his father drove away, disappearing for good.

Now a successful architect, Farris has spent his life avoiding the memories of that dark day. But questions from an author writing a book about the crime bring back impressions from the days leading up to the killing. For the first time he must confront his awful past, and the terrifying possibility that his father had a reason for what he did.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 000647862X
• ISBN 13: 9780006478621
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288