Michael Hiebert’s remarkable debut novel tells the riveting
story of a small southern town haunted by tragedy, one brave woman’s struggle
to put a troubling mystery to rest—and its impact on the sensitive boy who
comes of age in the midst of it all.
Abe Teal wasn’t even born when Ruby Mae Vickers went missing
twelve years ago. Few people in Alvin, Alabama, talk about the months spent
looking for her, or about how Ruby Mae’s lifeless body was finally found
beneath a willow tree. Even Abe’s mom, Leah, Alvin’s only detective, has
avoided the subject. But now, another girl is missing.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Ann Dailey took the bus home from
school as usual, then simply vanished. Townsfolk comb the dense forests and
swampy creeks to no avail. Days later Tiffany Michelle Yates disappears. Abe
saw her only hours before, holding an ice cream cone and wearing a pink dress.
Observant and smart, Abe watches his mother battle
small-town bureaucracy and old resentments, desperate to find both girls and
quietly frantic for her own children’s safety. As the search takes on a
terrifying urgency, Abe traverses the shifting ground between innocence and
hard-won understanding, eager to know and yet fearing what will be revealed.
Dream with Little Angels is by turns lyrical, heartbreaking, and shocking—a
brilliantly plotted novel of literary suspense and of the dark shadows, painful
secrets, and uncompromising courage in one small town.
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“Gorgeous prose and some thoughtful characterizations, with attention given to theme and setting…Michael Hiebert’s debut delivers…a breathless, will-they-get-there-in-time affair, with a heartbreaking resolution. Hiebert’s skill at character and storytelling should take him a long way.”
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Mystery Scene