Every Past Has a Name (Paperback)

Paperback. SOME PLACES KEEP THEIR SECRETS.Georgia, 1978. Private investigator Lewis Pike is found dead in an abandoned textile mill, bound with military cord and carefully positioned to point suspicion at a damaged Vietnam veteran named Caleb Ward.The case looks simple-until GBI investigator Merritt Franklin and forensic pathologist Dr. Evelyn Price discover the scene was staged.As Franklin follows Pike's unfinished work, he uncovers a buried wartime secret called Black Lantern, a dead captain named Daniel Ames, and a respected local power broker whose influence reaches through the sheriff's office, the town's old money, and the county's veterans center.In a place where loyalty can be purchased and memory can be manipulated, the truth is more dangerous than the lie that hid it.Every Past Has a Name is a haunting Southern crime novel about guilt, war, and the stories men tell to survive them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…