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- Title: Aftershock
- Author : Andrew Vachss
- Release Date : January 11, 2013
- Genre: Hard-Boiled,Books,Mysteries & Thrillers,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 7090 KB
Description
The idyllic facade of a small coastal tourist magnet hides its secrets well. But when the shining star pitcher of the girlsâ softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the schoolâs walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the townâs newer residents turn over deeply embedded rocks, exposing a subculture of almost unimaginable horror lurking beneath.
Formerly a nurse with MĂ©decins Sans FrontiĂšres, Dolly has become a defender and confidante to dozens of local teenage girls, and she refuses to accept that MaryLou (âMighty Maryâ) McCoyâs gunning down Cameron Taft in a high school hallway is a typical school shooting. Although MaryLouâs guilt is not in doubtâitâs even captured on the schoolâs security cameraâthe girl insists on a trial . . . but inexplicably refuses to cooperate with her own defense. Enlisting her troupe of teenagers and the local contacts she has cemented, Dolly calls on all of her resources to get to the truth . . . and to whatever secret MaryLou is guarding.
When Dollyâs husband, Dell, sees his beloved wife begin her quest, he immediately signs on. A former mercenary and ex-Legionnaire, Dell treats this âjobâ as he would any otherâwith no boundaries. His entire arsenal is put into play: guile, extortion, tracking devices, shadow networks, and, finally, an act of terrorism that blows the cover off the soul-killing rite of passage demanded of the townâs most vulnerable girls. Dellâs discovery of MaryLouâs true motive and the communityâs shocking failure to protect its children culminates in a decision to put the town itself on trial. The explosive verdict blows away the facade . . . and forces the village to stand in judgment of itself. The aftershocks keep coming until the foundation itself fractures, leaving cracks too deep to patch ever again.