Atticus
Author: Ron Hansen
From the author of Mariette in Ecstacy–soon to be a major motion picture–comes an ingenious murder mystery set on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, and revolving around the love of a father for his son. When Colorado rancher Atticus Cody receives word that his son has committed suicide, he travels down to Mexico to recover the body. But what he finds there convinces Atticus….Read More
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