Four Corners of Night (Electronic book text)

A twelve-year-old girl is snatched from the street where she lives. Andfor two cops, Mack Steiner and Bank Arbaugh -- partners, best friends, fathers themselves -- the girl's disappearance will hurtle them backthrough layers of friendship, memory, and loss. Because seven yearsbefore, Bank's own daughter vanished without a trace. And now, as policedescend on the small midwestern city, as witnesses are grilled andevidence mounts, one case begins to illuminate the other. And for twomen, a harrowing journey has begun -- one that will test their long, complicated friendship and uncover a chilling truth about two missinggirls, two shattered families, and at least one heartbreaking lie. "Powerful, lyrical... Holden gracefully sustains narrative tension...Aside from the astonishing ending, what makes Holden's latest worknoteworthy is the depth of his characterizations and the assurednesswith which he handles chronological leaps to develop parallel plots andsubplots. Holden is an accomplished storyteller who delves deeperbeneath the surface with each successive book." "PUBLISHERS WEEKLY" ""Four Corners of Night" is more than just your father's policeprocedural. It's more than just a buddy story. Craig Holden turns boththese scenarios inside out with his thought-provoking and sophisticatedstory... with characters so real you can almost touch them." "THE DENVER POST" "Few writers are able to balance the plot of a mystery the way Holdencan: slowing down to allow his characters to develop, then picking upthe pace of the action until it leaves us breathless." "DETROIT FREE PRESS"