Set in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay where a 14 year old girl has been abducted, the main
suspect is Randall Haight who lives alone and keeps apart from local affairs. Charlie Parker is
asked by the lawyer representing him to investigate which he does even though he finds Haight a
dislikeable person. He learns that Haight and another had previously killed a black girl when all
were in their early teens with both the murderers being released and given new identities. In a
rather convoluted story it turns out that the other killer has also moved to Maine, well away from
the scene of the original crime. The denouement comes as a surprise but not a far-fetched one.
The writing is denser than in most thrillers but none the worse for it.
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