Nothing much happens in the small town of Red Paint, the "Friendliest Town in Maine." It's the kind of place where everyone knows your name, a romantic night out might include meatloaf, and carnivals still hold a kind of magical wonder. Simon Howe, once a promising reporter in Portland, Maine, is the last person anyone would have expected to move back to his childhood home to raise a family. He's owner and editor of the local paper, husband to a hard wife who can't help but play therapist to the family's problems, and father to a son who seems to be growing up far too quickly. Yet, Simon's quiet existence dramatically changes when he starts receiving threatening messages from an anonymous sender. As Simon tries to identify his stalker, he must also struggle to keep his life and family together as secrets from his past threaten to destroy everything he has built.
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“George
Harrar tells a remarkable story about a newspaperman who struggles to tell the
truth, feeling reluctant to bear the consequences, a story of human failure and
hard redemption. The writing, razor-sharp and wildly insightful, creates
characters who seem to jump off the page—becoming people we know, people we
are. Read this book, each page mysterious and compelling, hiding within it the
deep core of being human.”
—
Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon