Chris Whitaker
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"1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges--Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer....
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"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old...
3) Tall oaks
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"Nothing is as it seems in Tall Oaks, a small California town where everyone knows each other and violent crime is unheard of. The community's idyllic façade is shattered when a kidnapper in a clown costume snatches three-year-old Harry Monroe from his own home. Despite sensational media coverage and dogged police investigations, the abduction remains a mystery. Three months later, Harry is still missing and most people have moved on, except for...
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A crime thriller that will break your heart and a literary novel with a mystery at its core, Chris Whitaker's We Begin at the End unforgettably examines how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil.
For some people, trouble just finds them . . .
Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But he’s served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. His childhood best friend, Walk, is now...
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Hace treinta años, un adolescente Vincent King fue enviado a prisión. Pero ahora, ha cumplido su condena y regresa a su ciudad natal. La ciudad natal donde su mejor amigo de la infancia, Walk, es ahora el jefe de policía. El pueblo donde aún vive su novia de la infancia, Star Radley. El mismo Star Radley cuya hermana mató. Duchess, la hija de Star, es una forajida autoproclamada. Ella necesita serlo. ¿Quién más va a cuidar de ella y de su...
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Everyone loves Summer Ryan. A model student and musical prodigy, she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace, Alabama - especially compared to her troubled sister, Raine. Then Summer vanishes. Raine throws herself into the investigation, aided by a most unlikely ally, but the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her search becomes. And perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye . . .
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"Monta Clare, Misuri, 1975. Mientras la guerra de Vietnam llega a su fin y Muhammad Ali se enfrenta a Joe Frazier, la desaparición de varias niñas quiebra la sensación de seguridad característica de esa pequeña comunidad, que se agrava cuando Joseph Patch Macauley es secuestrado. Su mejor amiga, Saint Brown, se propondrá encontrarlo a toda costa, pero, pese a sus esfuerzos, Patch permanecerá casi un año en total oscuridad en un sótano con...
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"Vincent King wychodzi z więzienia po trzydziestu latach. Dekady spędzone za kratkami wycisnęły ogromne piętno na jego psychice, lecz mężczyzna i tak decyduje się na powrót w rodzinne strony. Nad miasteczkiem Cape Haven wciąż jednak unosi się widmo tragicznych wydarzeń, w które zamieszany był Vincent. W miejscu tym do dziś mieszkają bliscy przyjaciele Kinga, bezpośrednio związani z obciążającymi go zeznaniami sprzed lat. Powrót...

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