Luanne Rice - The Secret Hour
OverzichtConditie | redelijk [rug kaft boven- en onderzijde kale stootplekjes] |
Aantal pagina`s | 395 |
Uitgavejaar | 2004 |
Uitgegeven door | Bantam Dell/Bantam Books |
Kaft | paperback |
ISBN | 0553584014 |
Code [intern] | ELS19 |
Beschrijving boek
Beneath his controlled demeanor, attorney John O’Rourke is a man in turmoil. Since the death of his wife, he has been juggling the rigors of a controversial capital murder case and the demands of raising two children. As eleven-year-old Maggie and fourteen-year-old Teddy long for the past, they must also contend with the hostility that swirls around them since their father took on the defense of a despised killer - including a brick trough their window one autumn morning.
But a quieter event also takes place that day. A woman arrives on the O’Rourke doorstep to find a household in chaos but brimming with love - and, she hopes, answers. Six months ago Kate Harris’s younger sister fled from home following a devastating confrontation. After mailing a single postcard from the New England shore, Willa Harris vanished. With only a postmark to go on, Kate comes to the seaside - and discovers the one man who may be able to help her …