Alan Orloff

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Parks, Brad

Bibliography

	Eyes of the Innocent Author: Brad Parks Published: February 1, 2011 by St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books Series Name: Carter Ross Category: Crime fiction Main Character: Carter Ross, Tina Thompson, Tommy Hernandez Authentic and thoroughly entertaining, Eyes of the Innocent is the thrilling sequel to one of the year’s best mystery debuts, as named by The Chicago Sun-Times and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. A house fire in Newark, New Jersey kills two young boys left home alone, and investigative reporter Carter Ross is dispatched to write a follow-up. The boys’ mother, Akilah Harris, spins a tale of woe—a mortgage rate reset forced her to work two jobs and leave the boys without childcare—which Carter turns into a front page feature. Click for more info.

	Faces of the Gone Author: Brad Parks Published: December 8, 2009 by St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Series Name: Carter Ross Mystery Series Category: Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Carter Ross A shooting can rattle a city, even if it’s gun-choked Newark. Investigative reporter Carter Ross finds himself with gruesome front page news: four bodies in a vacant lot, each with a single bullet hole in the back of the head. In a haste to calm residents, local police leak a story to Carter’s col leagues at the Newark Eagle- Examiner, calling the murders revenge for a bar stick-up. But while Carter may not come from the streets, he knows a few things about Newark’s ghettos. And he knows the story the police are pushing just doesn’t make sense. Click for more info.