From a broken childhood comes an unbreakable and deadly bond. In 1985, in a North Texas backwater, two teenage boys made a chilling pact that would unite them forever in a dark and twisted loyalty. Now one lies dead. And the man responsible is going to pay. When a routine investigation comes to a violent and tragic end, Detective Joe Lucchesi takes leave from the NYPD and moves with his wife and son to a quiet village on the south east coast of Ireland. They're happy. They're safe. And they're about to enter a nightmare more terrifying than the one they left behind. When a young girl goes missing and the village closes ranks, Detective Lucchesi sets out to find the truth and uncovers a sinister trail that leads from the other side of the Atlantic and cuts directly to the very heart of his family. His wife is lying. His son is lying. And a killer is lying in wait.
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I Loved this book. I looked at the other reviews and I was surprised to see a lot of low star reviews. I realized that the reasons they didn't like this book where the same reasons that I loved it. It is complex and layered. It is definitely not a 200-300 page cozy mystery. This is not a book for the faint of heart. This book gets graphic, especially after the half way mark. I was telling my son that this book was like an onion. As you read each part you get another puzzle piece that connects to either the present situation or the past of the killers. The present story about Lucchesi and his family is slowly unfolding and layered in-between you get little stories about the main killer, starting at 4 years old and progressing with time thereafter. You learn how an innocent little boy and was changed by the people around him into a cold blooded killer. I noticed that this is the debut novel of Alex Barclay and I have already looked up her other books. I plan to read them all and anything else she writes.
