Down River - John Hart
Category: Thriller
Narrator: Unknown
Tags: Thriller
Down River is the winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Novel. Everything that shaped him happened near that river., Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder., John Harts debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, There hasnt been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along. Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan County, where he drives his characters to the edge, explores the dark side of human nature, and questions the fundamental power of forgiveness., Adam hase has a violent streak, and not without reason. As a boy, he saw things that no child should see, suffered wounds that cut to the core and scarred thin. The trauma left him passionate and misunderstooda fighter. After being narrowly acquitted of a murder charge, Adam is hounded out of the only home hes ever known, exiled for a sin he did not commit. For five long years he disappears, fades into the faceless
