Pages
202
Year
2014
Language
English

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In a frigid New Hampshire winter, Jay Porter is trying to eke out a living and maintain some semblance of a relationship with his former girlfriend and their two-year-old son. When he receives an urgent call that Chris, his drug-addicted brother, is being questioned by the sheriff about his missing junkie business partner, Jay feels obliged to come to his rescue. After Jay negotiates his brother's release from the county jail, Chris disappears into the night. As Jay begins to search for him, he is plunged into a cauldron of ugly lies and long-kept secrets that could tear apart his small hometown and threaten the lives of Jay and all those he holds dear. Powerful forces come into play that will stop at nothing until Chris is dead and the information he harbors is destroyed.

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"Some books live on in your mind long after you put them down, and Lamentation is one of them. The novel's perfectly constructed plot unfolds with the thoughtful precision and menace of a cat burglar. The pervasive atmosphere of psychological suspense ratchets up a notch with each page turned. Most of all, it was the voice of Jay Porter, the book's protagonist, that grabbed me from the start-cocky
Hilary Davidson, author of Blood Always Tells
"Lamentation takes place in a small town in northern New Hampshire. The El Cerrito author of Junkie Love again uses his personal life experience, but this time he weaves the narrative around a murder mystery. The protagonist, Jay Porter, goes on a quest to help his junkie brother get out of jail. The plot escalates quickly when his brother ends up missing, and Jay gets in way over his head as he t
San Francisco Chronicle

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