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The Devil walks in Mattingly, Billy Coffey

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fiction

The Devil walks in Mattingly

851415568

Billy Coffey

"For the three people tortured by their secret complicity in a young man's untimely death, redemption is what they most long for. and the last thing they expect to receive.It has been twenty years since Philip McBride's body was found along the riverbank in the dark woods known as Happy Hollow. His death was ruled a suicide. But three people have carried the truth ever since ;Philip didn't kill himself that day. He was murdered.Each of the three have wilted in the shadow of their sins. Jake Barnett is Mattingly's sheriff, where he spends his days polishing the fragile shell of the man he pretends to be. His wife, Kate, has convinced herself the good she does for;the poor will someday was;the blood from her hands. And high in the mountains, Taylor Hathcock lives in seclusion; and fear, fueled by madness and hatred.Yet what cannot be laid to rest is bound to rise.Taylor finds mysterious footprints leading from the Hollow, he believes his redemption has come. His actions will plunge the quiet town of Mattingly into darkness. These three will be drawn together for a final confrontation between life and death. between truth and lies"--, Provided by publisher