Patterson's most stunning novel to date offers a powerful portrayal of the complexities of male friendship, of the darkest recesses of love, and of the ways in which the past stakes it claim upon the present. When attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend his former high school best friend who's been accused of murder, Tony is plunged into the unfinished business of his past.
- ISBN10 0312381646
- ISBN13 9780312381646
- Publish Date 1 February 2011 (first published 12 December 1991)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 608
- Language English