I raved about Brad
Parks first award-winning novel, Faces of
the Gone, and his second, Eyes of the
Innocent is equally praise worthy. Carter Ross is an investigative
newspaper reporter in Newark, and Parks is able to spin a great crime story
while providing a between-the-lines social commentary. This book starts with
the death of two young boys who were trapped in a home that was intentionally
torched. Their single mom had taken on a second job at night in order to pay
the skyrocketing costs of her subprime mortgage, and she could not afford for
anyone to stay with her boys. The story gets complicated when it turns out the
father of the two boys is a city councilman who has been doing some
under-the-table real estate dealing.
Parks is a
master at character development and portrayal. He does particularly well
playing off his characters racial and sexual differences, and his use of
dialogue is fantastic. I am officially now a Brad Park fan and will promptly
get his third book, The Girl Next Door,
another award winning novel.
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