Red Leaves

By: Thomas H. Cook

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Synopsis: A father questions whether his son could be guilty of a terrible crime in this &“gripping, beautifully written [and] devastating&” thriller (Harlan Coben). Eric Moore has reason to be happy. He has a prosperous business, comfortable home, and stable family life in a quiet town. Then, on an ordinary night, his teenage son, Keith, is asked to babysit Amy Giordano, the eight-year-old daughter of a neighboring family. The next morning Amy is missing. Suddenly Eric is one of the stricken parents he has seen on television, professing faith in his child&’s innocence. As the police investigation increasingly focuses on Keith, Eric must counsel his son, find him a lawyer, and protect him from the community&’s steadily growing suspicion. Except that Eric is not so sure his son is innocent. And if Keith is not . . . and might do the same thing again . . . what then should a father do? Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel, and winner of a Barry Award for Best Novel, Red Leaves is a &“heart-wrenching and gut-wrenching&” story of broken trust and one man&’s heroic effort to hold fast the ties that bind him to everything he loves (New York Daily News). &“The totally unexpected resolution is both shocking and perfectly apt.&” —Publishers Weekly