"Desperado City is a serious work, one that a parent might read and pass along to a youngster hoping to offer an example that life can be hard." —InternetReviewofBooks.com
"Coleman slices deep into her characters' lives with sympathy and unflinching candor that by the end is more than just a sum of their stories and blesses us with grace." —Richard Lewis, author, The Killing Sea
When 14-year-old Elizabeth is found dead in the haunted house of a failing Catskills theme park, most of the citizens of nearby Eden Grove believe she must have taken her own life. However, the town's promising snowboard star, Danielle, thinks otherwise. She suspects a motive much darker than depression and becomes preoccupied with the circumstances surrounding the case. As the evidence grows, Danielle finds reasons to suspect many of her friends—and then she discovers that Avery, the runaway son of the park's owner, has turned up, living in the hayloft of the petting zoo barn. Even more disturbing, he's convinced he's on a mission from God.
Rebecca Coleman is a writer whose work has appeared in several newspapers and trade publications. She lives in Bowie, Maryland.
Mystery, Fiction
350 pages, Mass Market, 4 x 7
Distribution Rights: WOR
$7.95 (CAN $8.95)
9781605420561 (1605420565) Pub Date: August 2009
Medallion Press