I was really intrigued with the title of this book, which is one of the reasons I first picked it up! Faces of the Gone is a fast-paced thrill ride and the debut for author Brad Parks. Author Parks graduated from Dartmouth College and spent a dozen years as a reporter with The Washington Post and The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ). He currently writes novels and lives with his wife and two small children in Virginia. For more information on Brad Parks, visit his web site at http://www.bradparksbooks.com/. Faces of the Gone stars investigative reporter Carter Ross, an employee of the Newark Eagle-Examiner who is sent to the scene of a crime: four bodies stacked in a vacant lot with a single bullet wound in the back of each head. Ross is puzzled by the fact that the four victims have nothing in common--an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler and a momma's boy--and all resided in different parts of the city. The police eagerly pounce on the theory that the murders are revenge for a bar robbery, and Ross' paper prints the story, but Carter is determined to figure out the truth. Carter enlists the help of several newspaper employees and discovers that the victims do have one thing in common, but this discovery could get him killled. This book has a great "New Jersey flavor" and if you like Harlan Coben's books, you are sure to love Brad Parks!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Faces of the Gone
I was really intrigued with the title of this book, which is one of the reasons I first picked it up! Faces of the Gone is a fast-paced thrill ride and the debut for author Brad Parks. Author Parks graduated from Dartmouth College and spent a dozen years as a reporter with The Washington Post and The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ). He currently writes novels and lives with his wife and two small children in Virginia. For more information on Brad Parks, visit his web site at http://www.bradparksbooks.com/. Faces of the Gone stars investigative reporter Carter Ross, an employee of the Newark Eagle-Examiner who is sent to the scene of a crime: four bodies stacked in a vacant lot with a single bullet wound in the back of each head. Ross is puzzled by the fact that the four victims have nothing in common--an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler and a momma's boy--and all resided in different parts of the city. The police eagerly pounce on the theory that the murders are revenge for a bar robbery, and Ross' paper prints the story, but Carter is determined to figure out the truth. Carter enlists the help of several newspaper employees and discovers that the victims do have one thing in common, but this discovery could get him killled. This book has a great "New Jersey flavor" and if you like Harlan Coben's books, you are sure to love Brad Parks!
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