Edgar Award-winning author Thomas H. Cook spins a riveting tale about one man's struggle to cope with staggering loss. Until his son was kidnapped and murdered, George Gates was a globe-trotting travel writer. Now he writes boring articles by day and broods at night. But when a retiring cold-case detective piques his interest with details of a missing writer, he feels compelled to discover her fate.
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“Disturbing, psychologically complex…At each level, the novel ponders questions of good and evil, of guilt and retribution, and the power of storytelling itself.”
— Associated Press
“Every Thomas H. Cook novel is a subtle mind game, but The Fate of Katherine Carr is positively haunting.”
— New York Times Book Review“Elegant…an intriguing cold-case mystery.”
— Guardian (London)“The beauty and lyricism of this novel read like poetry set down in a cruel hell…Don’t miss a story that breaks the mold. Grade A.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer“Eerily poignant…Adept at merging past and present plot lines, Cook eloquently examines the often cathartic act of storytelling.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Rich and fascinating.”
— Booklist“Cook skillfully interweaves mundane, often tragic events with the unseen, even darkly fanciful side of reality.”
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Thomas H. Cook was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1947. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories. He received the best novel Edgar for The Chatham School Affair, the Martin Beck Award, the Herodotus Prize for best historical short story, and the Barry Award for best novel for Red Leaves, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.
Brian Hutchison is an Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator and a professional theater actor who has appeared in numerous Broadway, off Broadway, and regional plays.