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We begin at the end / Chris Whitaker.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250759665 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 370 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Subject: | Dysfunctional families > Fiction. Ex-convicts > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. Small cities > California > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Whita | 31681010228252 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. But now, he's served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. The hometown where his childhood best friend, Walk, is now the chief of police. The town where his childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed. Duchess, Star's daughter, is a self-proclaimed outlaw. She needs to be. Who else is going to take care of her and her five-year-old brother? Star is still dazzling, still beautiful, but she hasn't shined as bright since Vincent was sent away. Too often it's Duchess and Walk who are the ones taking care of her. But when Duchess exacts her own vigilante revenge, she will set into motion a series of events that threatens not only her own family, but everyone she grows close to. A crime thriller that will break your heart and a literary novel with a mystery at its core, We Begin at the End unforgettably examines how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil"-- - Baker & Taylor
A guilt-ridden police chief and a tough-as-nails woman who was forced to support her family as a girl work together to protect loved ones 30 years after a horrific crime in their small California town. 500,000 first printing. - McMillan Palgrave
Winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel from the Crime Writersâ Association (UK)
Winner for Best International Crime Fiction from Australian Crime Writers Association
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
âA vibrant, engrossing, unputdownable thriller that packs a serious emotional punch. One of those rare books that surprise you along the way and then linger in your mind long after you have finished it.â
âKristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds
Right. Wrong. Life is lived somewhere in between.
Duchess Day Radley is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Rules are for other people. She is the fierce protector of her five-year-old brother, Robin, and the parent to her mother, Star, a single mom incapable of taking care of herself, let alone her two kids.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he and Star grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but heâs still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. And he's in overdrive protecting Duchess and her brother.
Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released. And Duchess and Walk must face the trouble that comes with his return. We Begin at the End is an extraordinary novel about two kinds of familiesâthe ones we are born into and the ones we create.
