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From the author of "The Keepers of Truth" and "The Ressurrectionists", this is a novel of small town intrigue and corruption. It's Halloween. The streets had been full of children. But how did a three-year old come to be hiding there alone in the dark, dressed only in her flimsy costume? And why were the child's feet bare?
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Lost Souls begins with the discovery of the body of a small girl, concealed in a pile of autumn leaves that have been swept to the side of the road. At first, it looks as if the child has been the victim of a hit and run. It's Halloween night. The girl is dressed as an angel. The streets have been full of children, trick or treating, the older ones borrowing cars and trucks and zigzagging down the streets in high spirits. But how did a three-year-old come to be hiding there alone in the dark, dressed only in her flimsy costume? How did she die?When the main suspect turns out to be the town's star quarterback, who is leading his team to its best season in thirty-six years, it looks like more than the future of one high school kid is at stake. Somewhere, in between the cover up and the ensuing catastrophes, almost everyone loses sight of the fact that what started the whole thing off was the death of an innocent.
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