The Distant Dead

A body burns in the desert... Does the boy who found it know more than it seems? A compelling and indelible story set in small town America that examines the burden of guilt, the bitter price of forgiveness and the debts we owe our dead, both recent and distant.... When a burnt body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town is rocked to its core. In the seven months he worked at Lovelock''s middle school, the quiet and seemingly unremarkable Adam Merkel had formed a bond with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. It is Sal who finds Adam''s body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles compound. Nora Wheaton, the school''s social studies teacher, sensed a kindred spirit in Adam. After his death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him. Yet, the truth about Adam''s murder may lie closer to home.

• | Author: Heather Young
• | Publisher: Verve Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780857308146
• | ISBN-10: 0857308149