All the Dead Lie Down
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
When crime reporter Molly Cates’s father died more than twenty-five years ago, the case was ruled a suicide, and Molly’s efforts to prove otherwise led to nothing but anguish and the breakup of her family. But now new information has come her way and she reopens the investigation–and a rush of old wounds–with a vengeance. Soon the personal becomes dangerously political as Molly’s search for the truth leads her from the stately halls of Texas government to the mean streets of Austin’s down-and-out–and ultimately to a moral dilemma she never could have anticipated.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
While napping under the deck of an Austin, Tex., restaurant, a homeless woman called Cow Lady is awakened by talk overhead of a lethal gas soon to be released in the Texas State Capitol building. From there, Walker switches to the Capitol building, where Molly Cates, an investigative reporter last seen in Under the Beetle's Cellar (1995), is working on a story about the upcoming vote on a handgun bill. Cates runs into the man who had been sheriff when her father died 25 years earlier. Although her father's death by gunshot was judged suicide, Cates has never given up her belief that he was murdered and that the sheriff suppressed evidence of the crime. She's determined to resume her intensive personal investigation, despite the advice of her lover (who is also her former husband) and old family friends, including a state senator and his wife. Cates is out of town when a homeless woman--not Cow Lady but wearing Cow Lady's black and white coat--is murdered. From its compelling beginning to the extended conclusion, which moves from the depths of a garbage dump to the Capitol, Walker conjures a memorable, disparate cast. Only a few seams show as she connects the political conspiracy, the homeless community and the unexpected--and entirely satisfying--explanation for the death of Cates's father.
Customer Reviews
Fast-paced excitement, entwined with surprising humanity
This author captured me on the first page, making me hurtle from chapter to chapter until I was so bleary-eyed I couldn't stay awake. Fascinating characters and totally surprising plot twists kept the tension high, but the author has a gift for imbuing each person with flaws and fears that keep her characters from becoming caricatures. Heroes emerge from surprising corners, and unexpected tenderness surfaces in the midst of terror and high drama. A very satisfying read.