Dennis Luxford has made a career out of exposing scandal, and when he is offered another government sleaze story, his hesitation seems inexplicable. But at the heart of the scoop lies the kidnapping of his daughter. Inspector Lynley and Dectective Sergeant Havers are called in.
From the National Book Award winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey told through the prism of the cafés and haunts Patti Smith has worked in around the world. It is a book she described as "a road map to my life."--Book cover
From The Author Of 'Blonde', 'The Falls' And 'We Were The Mulvaneys', This New Novel Takes In The Themes Of Race, Immigration, Family And Social Mobility, And Is Joyce Carol Oates At Her Storytelling Best. 'The Gravedigger'S Daughter' Tells The Tale Of Rebecca Schwart, Born In The Late 1930S To An Immigrant Family From Nazi Germany, Just As They Are Arriving To America. The Family Settles In A Small, Bleak Town In Upstate New York, Where The Only Job The Father Can Get Is As The Town Gravedigger And Caretaker Of The Cemetery. Soon The Town'S Prejudice And The Family'S Own Emotional Frailty Results In Unspeakable Tragedy. In The Wake Of This Loss, And In An Attempt To Put Her Past Behind Her, Young Rebecca Schwart Moves On, Across America And Through A Series Of Listless Marriages, In Search Of Somewhere, And Someone, To Whom She Can Belong.