Hatred in The Ashes

Robbins, David L. SCORCHED EARTH, Unanderra, NSW Bantam Books 2002
0-7528-5308-2 New Condition

eminiscent of John Grisham's The Pelican Brief... [a] muted, wistful, murder mystery' 4 * review 19 October TANGLED WEB: 'an absorbing a Elijah Waddell is black, Clare Epps white. They love each other, which in a town like Good Hope, Virginia, is a dangerous thing. Nevertheless, they marry and have a child, born cruelly impaired. Within hours, the child dies and is buried in the cemetery of Good Hope's 200-year-old Victory Baptist Church, the Epps family church. Hours afterward, the 13 white deacons override their pastor and vote to have the baby exhumed and reburied in a cemetery allocated to blacks. And hours after that, Victory Baptist burns to the ground. There's only one witness, and only one suspect: Elijah Waddell. When young, clever, idealistic Nat Deeds, born and bred in Good Hope, gets a call from a judge who asks him to act as Elijah's public defender, Nat agrees. Sympathetic to Elijah's plight, he believes him when he maintains his innocence. But if Elijah isn't the arsonist, who is? All Elijah can describe is a figure in the dark who set the righteous fire Elijah wanted to ignite himself. And then the case becomes fatally complicated when the corpse of a girl is discovered, beaten and raped, in the ashes: a dead girl who just happens to be the daughter of Good Hope's racist sheriff, "hard as a headstone." Now suddenly Nat's defending a capital case-in a town where the summer heat suffocates, and there's been no rain for days, and no pity. Robbins (The End of the War, 2000, etc.) is an able storyteller, but this time out the overactive plot twists away from him. (Kirkus Reviews) Product Description The inhabitants of Good Hope, Virginia, haven't felt the cooling effects of rain in weeks. With the town a tinderbox waiting to explode, all it will take is a spark to ignite the rage and hatred so carefully hidden. And then a tragedy occurs. A baby is born and dies in her mother's arms. The child, Nora Carol, is buried quickly and quietly the next day in the church graveyard. It should have ended there, but it didn't, for Nora Carol is of mixed race. The white deacons of Good Hope's Victory Baptist Church, trying to protect the centuries-old traditions of their cemetary, have the body exhumed. That night the church is set ablaze, and the sole witness is the only suspect - Elijah Waddell, Nora Carol's father. What follows is a legal case that reveals a host of hidden prejudices, incendiary secrets, and ultimately, an act of justice that has nothing to do with the law... Soft Cover 6 -1/2 x 9-1/2" OVERSIZE

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Richard LA Plante. Leopard. Tor Books, 19950501
0812530209 From Kirkus Reviews An intelligent and suspenseful follow-up to Mantis (1993). The extreme violence, however, may not be to everyone's liking. Joey Tanaka, the half-Japanese, half-American forensic pathologist, is summoned to his native Japan after the sudden death of his half-brother, whom he had crippled in a karate match when they were youths. Joey has never grappled with his guilt over the incident, and the death, which is certified as the kind of congestive failure quadriplegics often suffer, only serves to reinforce his emotions. Complicating matters is the fact that his girlfriend, Rachel (who still bears the psychological scars of being abducted in the first novel), has accompanied him and that he must deal with his cousin Ken Sato's racist hatred of all things (and people) Western. When he sees the body at the funeral, however, one look tells Joey that the death was anything but natural. The deceased has, in fact, been brutally murdered. This puts Joey and his partner, detective Bill Fogarty, who has arrived from Philadelphia to help, on the trail of a most unusual gang of serial killers led by a mysterious man known as the Leopard because of his unusual full-body tattoo, which is visible only when he is sexually aroused. The search also dredges up memories of Mishima's failed coup attempt, the Red Brigade, and discloses a new xenophobic warrior society known as the Red Mist that arose from their ashes. In the end, all the main characters' demons are purged, and the Leopard, whose identity turns out to be a surprise, is destroyed. Officially, none of it ever happened. Taut and well-presented, though the linking of sex and death is a bit clich‚d. And Japan-bashing of the sort engaged in Crichton's Rising Sun (to which this has more than a passing affinity) comes off as racist on occasion. -- Copyright ?1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Josef Tanaka, Japanese-American medical examiner, returns to Japan for his brother's funeral to discover that the cause of death was murder. Tanaka's investigation takes him into a world of savage gangland killings where he rapidly has to relearn the ways of his Japanese culture. Fast-paced, violent martial arts thriller, skilfully realized. (Kirkus UK) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title..

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Phillips, Cindy. Cloe's Pearls. Baltimore, MD: America House Book Publishers, 2001.
Book cover edges curled; otherwise, the book is in excellent condition with minimal shelf wear. Unused/Unread/Unmarked Book. ; Trade PB; 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.7 inches; 249 pages; Brad's life stinks. His wife has run off with his best friend, and he's about to lose his son. Everything that he once held dear has turned to ashes in his hands. Then, Cloe storms into his life; nothing is ever the same again. This is not a bedtime story. It deals with hard issues like divorce, hatred, and love. At the same time, it reveals God's amazing ability to forgive us and allow us to begin again. Cloe's Pearls is a multi-faceted novel that won't let you put it down.. 1591291135.

First Edition; First Printing, Paperback, Fine with no dust jacket.

[SW: Literature & Fiction Drama 1591291135 Phillips, Cindy Divorce Hatred Love Infidelity Christianity,]

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Johnstone, William W.. Hatred in the Ashes. Pinnacle, 1999. ; weicher Einband / soft cover
First Pinnacle printing February (Feb) 1999. 1" tear temporarily taped over on the top of the back cover otherwise an unread copy. A Paperback Original..

S Mass Market Paperback, Very Good.

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