Started: 12/6/08
Finished: 12/13/08
Year: 2008
Pages: 367
Genre: mystery
Grade: A
Reason for reading: library book
Blurb (from book jacket): "'I was badly shaped by my good fortune and so failed to see the darkness and the things that darkness hides.' So begins the tale of Jack Branch, who has returned to his father's Delta estate, Great Oaks, to perform an act of noblesse oblige by teaching at the local high school. Conducting a class on historical evil, Jack is shocked to discover that his unassuming student Eddie is the son of the Coed Killer, a notorious local murderer. Jack feels compelled to mentor the boy, encouraging Eddie to examine his father's crime and using his own good name to open the doors that Eddie's lineage can't. But when Eddie's investigation leads him to Great Oaks and a friendship with Jack's own father, Jack finds himself questioning Eddie's motives-and his own.
"As the deadly consequences of Jack's actions fall inescapably into place, Thomas H. Cook masterfully reveals the darker truths that lurk in the recesses of small-town lives and in the hearts of even well-intentioned men."
Opinion: I really enjoyed how this novel was written. It gives readers bits and pieces to what eventually happens in the story both current and in flashbacks. I highly recommend and I will be reading other books by this author.
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