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The lesson of her death; Speaking in tongues

Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl's corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career-and his family-are about to enter a new dimension of danger. For Bill Corde, the killer is everything he fears most. For Sarah, Bill's wild, learning-impaired daughter, trapped in a world of frustration and ridicule, he may be just the person she's been waiting for. Someone who understands her worries and loneliness. Someone who signs his notes "The Sunshine Man. "Someone she can run away with-even a perfect stranger. From the Paperback edition.

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  • "New Lebanon, petite bourgade de l'Illinois. Quand l'inspecteur Bill Corde découvre le corps d'une jeune étudiante de 20 ans au fond d'un bois, couchée sur un lit de boue, de genévriers et de racines de forsythias, il est loin d'imaginer qu'il est sur le point de se trouver impliqué dans une affaire aussi noire et glauque que les eaux du Potomac..."
  • "Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl's corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career-and his family-are about to enter a new dimension of danger. For Bill Corde, the killer is everything he fears most. For Sarah, Bill's wild, learning-impaired daughter, trapped in a world of frustration and ridicule, he may be just the person she's been waiting for. Someone who understands her worries and loneliness. Someone who signs his notes "The Sunshine Man. "Someone she can run away with-even a perfect stranger. From the Paperback edition."@en
  • "While investigating the murder of a young woman, police detective Bill Corde realizes that the killer has turned his attention to him and his family."
  • "The investigation into the murder of Auden University coed Jennie Gebben, whose mutilated body is found in a "bed of muddied hyacinths," coincides with crises in the life of Lt. Bill Corde of New Lebanon, Ind. While the case draws Corde into a maelstrom of academic politics and sexual obsession, his learning-impaired nine-year-old daughter writes stories about a wizard named the Sunshine Man, his teenaged son constructs sexual fantasies from multiple viewings of a science fiction film, and his wife finds comfort with the young professor who tutors their daughter. As more murders occur at the financially endangered college and hysteria about cult killings pervades the community, Corde's family is harassed by snapshots and notes somehow secreted into private areas of the house. As Corde follows an intricate trail emblazoned with sadomasochism, bisexuality and vaulting academic ambition, he is surrounded by well-drawn secondary characters: his children, the villain, certain venal academics and a security guard. Terror steadily accelerates in this page-turner until the final riveting secrets are revealed."

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  • "Thriller fiction"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Thrillery (romány)"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@pl
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Thrillers (novels)"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "The Lesson of her death"
  • "The lesson of her death; Speaking in tongues"@en
  • "Blutiger Mond : Roman"
  • "Lekcja jej śmierci"@pl
  • "Sangs innocents"
  • "Blutiger Mond Roman"
  • "The lesson of her death"
  • "The lesson of her death"@en
  • "Blutiger Mond"
  • "Lekce smrti"

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