The Killing of Strangers.The Killing Of Strangers Jerry Holt holt n. Archaic A wood or grove; a copse. [Middle English, from Old English.] holt Noun the lair of an otter [from Lucky Press 126 South Maple Street, Lancaster, OH 43130 0977630042 $14.95 www.luckypress.com Set in 1995, The Killing Of Strangers is a suspense SUSPENSE. When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, &c., of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. Co, Litt. 313 a. thriller concerning an investigation of the events surrounding the Kent State University shootings in 1970. Sam Haggard finds himself fired from his job as a security copy, dumped by his wife, and down on his luck in the southern Ohio rust belt Rust Belt or Rustbelt, economic region in the NE quadrant of the United States, focused on the Midwestern (see Midwest) states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, as well as Pennsylvania. city he calls home. When he is offered the job of guarding Crystal Jones, a woman who was a one-time radical whose activist husband nicknamed Lucifer in the anti-war movement and who had suddenly disappeared after that infamous in·fa·mous adj. 1. Having an exceedingly bad reputation; notorious. 2. Causing or deserving infamy; heinous: an infamous deed. 3. Law a. day at Kent State. When Crystal is killed while under Sam's protection, he finds that Crystal's daughter Corrie and himself are the targets of the killer, apparently someone who is determined that the secrets of the Kent State affair remain buried in the past. Author Jerry Holt's debut novel, The Killing Of Strangers shows him to have a genuine talent for entertaining storytelling Storytelling Aesop semi-legendary fabulist of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Harvey, 10] Münchäusen Baron traveler grossly embellishes his experiences. [Ger. Lit. and will leave his readers looking eagerly toward his next novel. |
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