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Sacrificial Ground by Cook, Thomas H. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sacrificial Ground about?
The author of Blood Innocents writes a gripping psychological thriller set in Atlanta that will appeal to the fans of Lawrence Sanders and Jonathan Kellerman. "Thoughtful and uncommonly observant detective work".--Philadelphia Inquirer.The author off Blood Innocents, Tabernacle and other critically hailed mysteries, Cook creates a haunting atmosphere that envelops the reader of his strange new novel. Frank Clemons, a homicide detective in Atlanta, is obsessed by the murder of beautiful Angelique Devereaux. Her body is found in a slum, far from the mansion where Angelique lived with her older sister Karen, an artist. Orphans since childhood, both girls had been oddly uncommunicative although occupying the same house. Questioning the students at the dead girl's school, Clemons learns she had isolated herself from them also. All he knows is that she was lovely and pregnant, which propels him into a near-frantic search for even a whisper about Angelique and her unknown lover. As the officer follows the trail to the victim's last few days, he arrives at a staggering truth that leaves him, and the reader, limp. The writing and characterizations are flawless, particularly as Cook unobtrus
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Cook, Thomas H.
- Publisher
- Warner Books
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780446352208
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.57 / 5 (141 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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