True, he masterminded a plot to trade his family’s exciting city lifestyle for one of suburban tranquillity. Zack wouldn't blame you for thinking he's safety-obsessed. Whoever said the burbs were boring will think twice after reading Linwood Barclay’s hilarious debut mystery, in which Dad learns the hard way that he doesn’t always know best. In the too-quiet town of Oakwood, only the lucky die of boredom… and new homeowner Zack Walker isn’t feeling lucky. The motive for harming the people of Promise Falls points to the number 23 – and working out why will bring Duckworth closer to death than he's ever been before. Bloody mannequins found in car "23" of an abandoned Ferris wheel, a fiery, out-of-control bus with "23" on the back, that same number on the hoodie of a man accused of assault. Suddenly, all the strange things that have happened in the last month start to add up. A college student has been murdered, and he's seen the killer's handiwork before – in the unsolved homicides of two other women in town. Meanwhile, Detective Barry Duckworth is faced with another problem.
But the question for many, including private investigator Cal Weaver, remains: Who would benefit from a mass poisoning of this town? Investigators quickly zero in on the water supply. Hundreds of people are going to the hospital with similar flu-like symptoms – and dozens have died.
It's the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd, and the small town of Promise Falls, New York, has found itself in the midst of a full-blown catastrophe.
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