Newly divorced and ready to relaunch herself, Sydney Powell and her retired K9 move back to the city in which she grew up to write a book about the infamous underworld faction known as The Purple Gang. Having once lived in a house built and used by the Purple Gang to run liquor, Sydney takes the opportunity to rent the place, believing it will help her write the book.
Met with opposition from her psychotic mother and her long brooding brother, Jack, who believe the real story of the house is about ghosts, she begins to dig into the history. Her research yields very little about her intended subject instead pointing to an entirely different history tied to the death of young boy.
Peeling away the layers of legal paper, Sydney and Jack become acutely aware that the house hides secrets linked to not only the gruesome murder that rocked the state, but deeper, more disturbing events. The secrets, held hostage in the walls.
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In 1976/77, a serial killer stalked Oakland County, Michigan, abducting children and murdering them, leaving their bodies in public areas to be easily discovered. This story, while fiction, incorporates the real life elements of the series of killings and weaves them with several of the theories developed although the killer has never been found.
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Met with opposition from her psychotic mother and her long brooding brother, Jack, who believe the real story of the house is about ghosts, she begins to dig into the history. Her research yields very little about her intended subject instead pointing to an entirely different history tied to the death of young boy.
Peeling away the layers of legal paper, Sydney and Jack become acutely aware that the house hides secrets linked to not only the gruesome murder that rocked the state, but deeper, more disturbing events. The secrets, held hostage in the walls.
***
In 1976/77, a serial killer stalked Oakland County, Michigan, abducting children and murdering them, leaving their bodies in public areas to be easily discovered. This story, while fiction, incorporates the real life elements of the series of killings and weaves them with several of the theories developed although the killer has never been found.
No Such Thing
Newly divorced and ready to relaunch herself, Sydney Powell and her retired K9 move back to the city in which she grew up to write a book about the infamous underworld faction known as The Purple Gang. Having once lived in a house built and used by the Purple Gang to run liquor, Sydney takes the opportunity to rent the place, believing it will help her write the book.
Met with opposition from her psychotic mother and her long brooding brother, Jack, who believe the real story of the house is about ghosts, she begins to dig into the history. Her research yields very little about her intended subject instead pointing to an entirely different history tied to the death of young boy.
Peeling away the layers of legal paper, Sydney and Jack become acutely aware that the house hides secrets linked to not only the gruesome murder that rocked the state, but deeper, more disturbing events. The secrets, held hostage in the walls.
***
In 1976/77, a serial killer stalked Oakland County, Michigan, abducting children and murdering them, leaving their bodies in public areas to be easily discovered. This story, while fiction, incorporates the real life elements of the series of killings and weaves them with several of the theories developed although the killer has never been found.
Met with opposition from her psychotic mother and her long brooding brother, Jack, who believe the real story of the house is about ghosts, she begins to dig into the history. Her research yields very little about her intended subject instead pointing to an entirely different history tied to the death of young boy.
Peeling away the layers of legal paper, Sydney and Jack become acutely aware that the house hides secrets linked to not only the gruesome murder that rocked the state, but deeper, more disturbing events. The secrets, held hostage in the walls.
***
In 1976/77, a serial killer stalked Oakland County, Michigan, abducting children and murdering them, leaving their bodies in public areas to be easily discovered. This story, while fiction, incorporates the real life elements of the series of killings and weaves them with several of the theories developed although the killer has never been found.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940015778618 |
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| Publisher: | Judi Coltman |
| Publication date: | 11/23/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 270 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
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