Revolver
Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops -- one black, one white -- are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy.
Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth.
Philadelphia, 2015: Jim's daughter Audrey, a forensic science student, re-opens her grandfather's murder for a research paper. But as Audrey digs deeper, she comes to realize that Stanton probably didn't pull the trigger -- and her father may have made a horrible mistake...
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When I saw his review of Revolver, I had to read it.
This book felt so REAL. It honestly could happen today - I was also listening to the audiobook version which really made this book feel more real than I'm comfortable with, if I'm being completely honest.
I appreciate the depth of the main character, Cara Stone. Her story is honest, raw and real. We all know someone like Cara, destitute through circumstances mainly beyond her control. The pain of her knowledge that she suffers a chemical imbalance and the fact that the knowledge cannot help her is debilitating.
Cara has agreed to commit suicide on a reality TV show set in our future. She is mocked, sexually harassed and forced to endure the absolute worst of the human race. I am ashamed of the human race in this book mostly because I honestly feel this is the way we are headed....which in turn makes this book absolutely horrifying.
Everyone should read this book.
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