Eyes of the Innocent

From the author of the award-winning Faces of the Gone, comes Brad Parks's Eyes of the Innocent, another thrilling and thoroughly entertaining mystery

Carter Ross, investigative reporter for the Newark Eagle-Examiner, is reporting on the latest tragedy to befall Newark, New Jersey, a fast-moving house fire that kills two boys. With the help of the paper's newest intern, a bubbly blonde known as "Sweet Thang," Carter finds the victims' mother, Akilah Harris, who spins a tale of woe about a mortgage rate reset that forced her to work two jobs and leave her boys home alone. Carter turns the story into a front page feature, but soon discovers Akilah isn't what she seems. When Newark councilman Windy Byers is reported missing, Carter must plunge into the murky world of urban house flipping and Jersey-style political corruption, aided by his usual mix of humor and street smarts.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 01/17/2012
ISBN: 9781250002280
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d