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Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois Jack Fredrickson

Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois By Jack Fredrickson

Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois by Jack Fredrickson


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17-year-old Betty Jo Dean was abducted and murdered thirty years ago. It took two days to find her body, shot in the back of the head. No one was ever charged with her murder. Now, new mayor Mac Bassett has re-opened the case. But when the body is exhumed, it is revealed that the skull, found loose in the coffin, does not belong to Betty Jo.

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Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois Summary

Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois by Jack Fredrickson

The new mayor of a small town in Illinois unearths a series of devastating secrets when he re-opens a 30-year-old murder investigation 17-year-old Betty Jo Dean was abducted and murdered thirty years ago. It took two days to find her body. She was found, fully dressed apart from her slacks, beneath a gnarled, stunted tree, shot in the back of the head. No one was ever charged with her murder. Now, following an appeal from one of his constituents, Mayor Mac Bassett has called for the case to be re-opened. But when the body is exhumed, it is revealed that the skull, found loose in the coffin, does not belong to Betty Jo. If Mac could discover why Betty Jo's head was taken, he would be one step closer to finding out who killed her. But no one in the small town of Grand Point is talking. Sheriffs, doctors, medical examiners: everyone seems to be warning Mac off. And then people start dying ...

Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois Reviews

Solid whodunit Publishers Weekly Powerful novel Booklist I enjoyed SILENCE THE DEAD immensely. Very highly recommended. -- Euro Crime

About Jack Fredrickson

Jack Fredrickson lives with his wife, Susan, west of Chicago. He is the author of four Dek Elstrom PI mysteries, two of which, A Safe Place for the Dying and Hunting Sweetie Rose, have been nominated for Shamus Awards. His third Shamus nomination is for his short story, The Ace I, which has been nominated for the Best PI Short Story of 2013.

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CIN0727884352G
9780727884350
0727884352
Silence the Dead: Suspense in Smalltown Illinois by Jack Fredrickson
Used - Good
Hardback
Canongate Books Ltd
20140901
288
N/A
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