A Measure of Darkness: A NovelDeputy coroner Clay Edison goes to extreme lengths for a forgotten Jane Doe in the new thriller from a father-son team of bestselling authors who write “brilliant, page-turning fiction” (Stephen King). “As for the keen sense of drama, it must be a genetic trait. . . . The Kellermans show compassion for the survivors, including conscientious officials like Edison.”—The New York Times Book Review Former star basketball player Clay Edison is busy. He’s solved a decades-old crime and redeemed an innocent man, earning himself a suspension in the process. Things are getting serious with his girlfriend. Plus his brother’s fresh out of prison, bringing with him a whole new set of complications. Then the phone rings in the dead of night. A wild party in a gentrifying East Bay neighborhood. A heated argument that spills into the street. Gunshots. Chaos. For Clay and his fellow coroners, it’s the start of a long night and the first of many to come. The victims keep piling up. What begins as a community tragedy soon becomes lurid fodder for social media. Then the smoke clears and the real mystery emerges—one victim’s death doesn’t match the others. Brutalized and abandoned, stripped of ID, and left to die: She is Jane Doe, a human question mark. And it falls to Clay to give her a name and a voice. Haunted by the cruelty of her death, he embarks upon a journey into the bizarre, entering a hidden world where innocence and perversity meet and mingle. There, his relentless pursuit of the truth opens the gateway to a dark and baffling past—and brings him right into the line of fire. Praise for A Measure of Darkness “Edison is an interesting protagonist, a good man for whom finding the truth is more important than anything else, including his own safety. He’s gentle and strong, compassionate and ruthless, methodical and impulsive. A strong sequel to Crime Scene that will leave readers wanting to see more of Edison.”—Booklist |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 26 |
Section 3 | 38 |
Section 4 | 44 |
Section 5 | 51 |
Section 6 | 58 |
Section 7 | 67 |
Section 8 | 77 |
Section 14 | 206 |
Section 15 | 223 |
Section 16 | 261 |
Section 17 | 271 |
Section 18 | 285 |
Section 19 | 298 |
Section 20 | 308 |
Section 21 | 320 |
Section 9 | 91 |
Section 10 | 104 |
Section 11 | 118 |
Section 12 | 157 |
Section 13 | 199 |
Section 22 | 334 |
Section 23 | 339 |
Section 24 | 361 |
Section 25 | 369 |
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A Measure of Darkness - Export JONATHAN. KELLERMAN KELLERMAN (JESSE.),Jesse Kellerman No preview available - 2019 |
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