[close] In Gerry Boyle's most engaging novel yet, journalist Jack McMorrow travels to the sleepy town of Scanesett, Maine. When a man disappears from a tour bus, no one seems to care. Except Jack, who knows there's a story too good to pass up...

"[A] raw-boned regional series... [Boyle] keeps the legends of this cold and menacing landscape very much alive."-- New York Times

"Lovely, evocative passages about rural, remote Maine."--Booklist

"A steel backbone."(New York Times Book Review)

"Gerry Boyle is the genuine article."-- Robert B. Parker [close]