Sticks and Stones (An Alvin, Alabama Novel)

Sticks and Stones (An Alvin, Alabama Novel)

"There's something mesmerizing about Hiebert's storytelling voice." --The New York Times Book Review

A case from the past sparks a nightmare for Detective Leah Teal in Michael Hiebertâ€™s masterful new novel of suspense.
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Fifteen years ago, a serial killer tagged by the media as the Stickman spread terror throughout Alabama and became Alvin detective Joe Fowlerâ€™s obsession. After fifteen months and nine victims, Harry Stork was identified as the Stickman and Fowler shot him dead. The killings stopped. For a while.
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Now, more bodies are turning up, each staked through the chest with a stick-figure drawing in the killerâ€™s signature style. Detective Leah Tealâ€”Joe Fowlerâ€™s daughter and Alvinâ€™s sole detectiveâ€”receives a letter before each victim is found, just like her late father did. The only people who knew about the letters were the cops on the taskforce back thenâ€”and the killer himself. Did Joe shoot the wrong man, or was one of the detectives he handpicked involved all along? As a single mother, Leah tries to balance an increasingly disturbing case and a new relationship with caring for her childrenâ€”bright, perceptive Abe, and teenaged Caroline, whoâ€™s in the first flush of young love. But with each menacing communication, each gruesome discovery, Leah realizes just how personal, and how devastating, the truth may be.
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Weaving lyrical prose and emotional richness into a taut, gripping mystery, Michael Hiebert creates a fascinating novel of life, love, and death in a small Southern town.

Praise for the novels of Michael Hiebert

Dream with Little Angels

"Hiebert's first novel courts comparison to the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, but the book manages to soar as a moving achievement in its own right. In Hiebert's hands, psychological insight and restrained lyricism combine to create a coming-of-age tale as devastating as it is indelible. --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"Readers who enjoy literary fiction depicting small-town life in the tradition of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird may want to try Hiebert's debut." --Library Journal

"Michael Hiebert's debut delivers . . . a breathless, will-they-get-there-in-time affair, with a heartbreaking resolution." --Mystery Scene

Close to the Broken Hearted

"Hiebert does a masterful job of building suspense." --Publishers Weekly

"A very good, sometimes emotional, mystery that will stay with you long after it's over." --Suspense Magazine

A Thorn Among the Lilies

"Engaging. . .Readers will keep guessing whodunit to the end." --Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Kensington Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer Kensington
Binding Paperback
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-06-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781617737398

Country	USA
Brand	Kensington Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer	Kensington
Binding	Paperback
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-06-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781617737398

Sticks and Stones (An Alvin, Alabama Novel)

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