Ten year old Daniel has been missing for more than a week. His family and the police have all but lost hope of finding him alive. Then a strange old man enters the precinct at the 99th Avenue and declares he knows where the boy is - and who he's with. The lead detective on the case Aurora Fox is skeptical. Is the hemophiliac puppet master, Maxwell Caine, part of the puzzle or the solution - and why does he look so dolled up? Dark tale of a tough-as-nails detective, a curious old man and a persistent district attorney - all trying to catch a pedophile - (scratch that) - a serial killer. Fear...
Ten year old Daniel has been missing for more than a week. His family and the police have all but lost hope of finding him alive. Then a strange old m...
At thirty-four, John Lockwood was the best landlord in Berkshire - for despite his absences, his tenants remained happy; he was the richest - the crops and investments both yielded annual benefits; he was the sole heir to his aunt, Lady Cavendish's estate; his advice was sought by peers and friends, and political entrants; he was at the prime of his life, a robust man, with few creases in the face, and he had children to carry his name forward. Still, he wanted to burn everything down. He wanted none of it. It repulsed him......the abundance of it all.....the gratitude of tenants, the praise...
At thirty-four, John Lockwood was the best landlord in Berkshire - for despite his absences, his tenants remained happy; he was the richest - the crop...
