Description
"A mystery novel of profound depth." -- Booklist (starred review)
"Walter is at his incisive best. . . . Hypnotically compelling. -- Publishers Weekly
In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter explores the bonds and compromises we make as children--and the fatal errors we can make at any time in our lives.
While working the weekend night shift, Caroline Mabry, a weary Spokane police detective, encounters a seemingly unstable but charming derelict who tells her, I'd like to confess. But he insists on writing out his statement in longhand. In the forty-eight hours that follow, the stranger confesses to not just a crime but an entire life--spinning a wry and haunting tale of youth and adulthood, of obsession and revenge, and of two men's intertwined lives.
Author: Jess Walter
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780061712845
ISBN10: 0061712841
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Crime