Duchess Day Radley Is A Thirteen-year-old Self-proclaimed âoutlaw.â Rules Are For Other People, The Cowards. At School, She Is The Distant One, The Child The Other Kids Make Fun Ofâher Clothes Are Torn, Her Hair Never Properly Fixed. But Let Them Throw Their Sticks, Because Sheâll Throw Stones. Duchess Might Be A Badass, But Sheâs Really Just Trying To Survive. She Is The Fierce Protector Of Her Five-year-old Brother, Robin. She Is The Parent To Her Mother, Star, A Single Mom Incapable Of Taking Care Of Herself, Let Alone Her Two Kids. Walk Has Never Left The Coastal California Town Where He And Star Grew Up. Heâs The Chief Of Police, Trying To Keep Cape Haven, With Its Beautiful Bluffs Overlooking The Sea, Not Only Safe, But Safe From Becoming A Cookie-cutter Tourist Destination For The Rich. But Heâs Still Trying To Heal The Old Wound Of Having Given The Testimony That Sent His Best Friend, Vincent King, To Prison Decades Before. And Heâs In Overdrive Protecting Duchess And Robin As Star Slip Slides Deeper Into Self-destruction. Now, Thirty Years Later, Vincent Is Being Released. As Soon As He Steps One Foot Back Into His Childhood Town, Trouble Arrives. It Shows Up On Walkâs And Duchessâs Doorsteps, And They Will Be Unable To Do Anything But Usher It In, Arms Wide Closed. With Resonances Readers Will Feel In Their Bones, We Begin At The End Looks At Familyâthe Ones We Are Born Into And The Ones We Create. It Shows How Revenge And Justice Are Often Two Very Different Things. It Reveals How Doing Right Can Easily Be Wrong. Chris Whitakerâs Charactersâduchess, Walk, And Everyone They Love And Whose Hearts They Break, Who Deserve So Much More Than Life Serves Themâwill Sear Your Own Heart. This Novel Is A Modern-day Masterpiece.
Categories:
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Thrillers & Suspense
- Historical
- Thrillers & Suspense
Publisher : Henry Holt and Co.
Author : Whitaker, Chris
Language : English
Published :2021-03-02
Number Of Pages : 384
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1250759668
ISBN-13 : 9781250759665
Item weight : 1.23 lb
Dimensions : 1.34 in x 6.46 in x 9.72 in
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