After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. But his attempts to start again are wrecked when a brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend and he is forced to face the true reason for his return - to pay an old debt.
Then a man Will knows to be innocent is arrested for his friend's murder, and his boss seems all too happy to wrap up the case and move on. Will must weigh his personal guilt against his public duty and work alongside an unpredictable private detective to help him find the real killer. And, in facing a community that refuses to confront its history, perhaps he can atone for the past.
| ISBN: | 9781835012512 |
| Publication date: | 27th February 2025 |
| Author: | Henry Wise |
| Publisher: | No Exit Press an imprint of Bedford Square Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Primary Genre | Political / Legal Thrillers |
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After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southern Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. But his attempts to start again are wrecked when a brutal homicide claims the life of an old friend and he is forced to face the true reason for his return - to pay an old debt.
Then a man Will knows to be innocent is arrested for his friend's murder, and his boss seems all too happy to wrap up the case and move on. Will must weigh his personal guilt against his public duty and work alongside an unpredictable private detective to help him find the real killer. And, in facing a community that refuses to confront its history, perhaps he can atone for the past.
Holy City features in the following genres: Political / Legal Thrillers, Thriller and Suspense, Street fiction / urban fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Esoteric thriller
Holy City is available in Paperback
Holy City was written by Henry Wise and published by No Exit Press an imprint of Bedford Square Publishers
Holy City has 272 pages
£8.99
