The Final Tipping Point - Southard, Duke

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Résumé :
Detective Parker Havenot never felt vulnerable as a lone defender of justice. He could handle the bad guys himself. But when he adopts three children and becomes a family man, his life becomes more complicated -- especially when Alex Prohl, a convicted murderer set on revenge, is released after only five years in prison. This story of vengeance takes a dramatic turn when Havenot's teenage son goes missing while on a boating excursion. Suddenly the hunter and the hunted switch roles, and another murder hangs in the balance. Will the detective overcome his emotional involvement and think clearly enough to save the boy, or will Alex Prohl once again get away with murder?

Biographie:
Tainted Justice is Duke Southard's seventh novel, including the popular four-part Detective Parker Havenot series. The previous six novels have all been finalists in the New Mexico/Arizona Books Awards, and two, A Favor Returned and The Final Tipping Point, have garnered other finalist recognitions as well. His short works have earned numerous awards, including two first-place awards in the Society of Southwestern Authors Writing Contest for Three Weeks and A Night on the Ice. His memoir essay, The Fallacy of Closure, placed first in the prestigious Writer's Digest Literary Awards Competition.Southard has received an Edie, the New Hampshire Excellence in Education Award, for his outstanding contribution to the school library/media profession in the state. His educational credentials include a BS degree from Villanova University and advanced degrees from Rowan University and Boston University. He is married with three children and lives in southern Arizona.

Sommaire:
Detective Parker Havenot never felt vulnerable as a lone defender of justice. He could handle the bad guys himself. But when he adopts three children and becomes a family man, his life becomes more complicated -- especially when Alex Prohl, a convicted murderer set on revenge, is released after only five years in prison. This story of vengeance takes a dramatic turn when Havenot's teenage son goes missing while on a boating excursion. Suddenly the hunter and the hunted switch roles, and another murder hangs in the balance. Will the detective overcome his emotional involvement and think clearly enough to save the boy, or will Alex Prohl once again get away with murder?...