Dream With Little Angels (An Alvin, Alabama Novel) - Softcover

Hiebert, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078603940X ISBN 13: 9780786039401

Publisher: Pinnacle, 2016

Synopsis

"Mesmerizing." --The New York Times Book Review

Michael Hiebert's remarkable debut novel tells the riveting story of a small southern town haunted by tragedy, one brave woman's struggle to put a troubling mystery to rest--and its impact on the sensitive boy who comes of age in the midst of it all...

Fourteen-year-old Mary Ann Dailey took the bus home from school as usual. Somewhere along the way she vanished. Only days later, Tiffany Michelle Yates disappeared, last seen holding an ice cream cone and wearing a pink dress.

Twelve years earlier, the town of Alvin, Alabama, lost another of its daughters, her lifeless body eventually found beneath a willow tree. Abe Teal wasn't even born then. Now his life will never be the same.

As his mother Leah, the town's sole detective, tackles the case, Abe watches a mystery sink deep into the town's murky past. Painful secrets, long hidden, seem to beckon to him. But Abe isn't sure he--or anyone--is ready to face the truth . . .

"One of the best books I've read in a long, long while." --Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

"Michael Hiebert's debut delivers . . . a breathless, will-they-get-there-in-time affair, with a heartbreaking resolution." --Mystery Scene

About this title

About the Author

Michael Hiebert likes to write surprising stories that cross genres, and are often mysterious. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious Surrey International Writers' Conference Storyteller's Award and has been listed in The Best American Mystery Stories, edited by Joyce Carol Oates. Michael lives in Canada with his family, a dog named Chloe, and enough books that it is no longer fun to move. Visit him at www.michaelhiebert.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/M.R.Hiebert, and on Twitter @Hiebert_M.

Review

''One of the best books I've read in a long, long while.'' --Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author

''A masterful coming-of-age gem.'' --Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author

''Hiebert's first novel courts comparison to the classic To Kill a Mockingbird. . . In Hiebert's sure hands, psychological insight and restrained lyricism combine to create a coming-of-age tale as devastating as it is indelible.'' --Publishers Weekly(starred review)

''A trip to the dark side of a town much like Mayberry, filled with that elusive quality of childhood and the aura of safety that often settles, unjustifiably, over rural small towns in the South'' --Carolyn Haines, 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award

''There's something mesmerizing about Hiebert's storytelling voice, low-pitched and lightly musical.'' --New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Pinnacle
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 078603940X
• ISBN 13: 9780786039401
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448