![]() ![]() “Dead Connection” ($16.95 in hardcover from Roaring Brook Press) is Charlie Price’s first novel, but you wouldn’t know it. He is convinced he hears voices from the dearly departed and he considers himself a “friend to the deceased.” But then he hears sobbing, something in his mind that sounds like “please help me.” And therein lies the tale. For Murray, outsider and son of a prostitute mother, his best leads come from the town cemetery. For Gates, a gambling addict now in recovery, the answer must be out there if only a sufficient number of leads can be followed up. Weeks later there are still no clues to her whereabouts. 17, Nikki Parker, a 16-year-old cheerleader at Canyon High in Riverton, Murray’s school, disappeared from the parking lot after practice. The two are not working together - they don’t even know each other - but they are working in concert. High schooler Murray Kiefer and Sierra County sheriff’s deputy Roman Gates, based out of Riverton, near Whiskeytown Lake, are both trying to solve the same murder. ![]()
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