Bean, a veteran of genre westerns, offers adroit characterization as he dissects the dynamics within the oil-rich Texas King family. He begins with their annual barbecue on the 60,000-acre family ranch, and by dinnerserved at an impeccably polished 20-foot mahogany tablethe varnish of feigned affections and civility has worn thin. Though love within the King family is tied to purse strings, blood ties still bindand blind. Matthew King, the second son and seemingly the only King beset with the inconvenient traits of compassion and reason, narrates the events that lead to his older brother's murder, and his own ethical dilemma when he discovers the murderer. Readers may question Matt King's sacrifice at the tawdry altar of King familial devotion, but Eden offers more unsparing, thought-provoking drama than most epics in the Dallas mold. (Oct.)
Eden
The Kings aren't like other families. They are bound together by a hatred as vast as their oil-rich Texas ranch and the purse strings of a fortune held by the cold matriarch of their wealthy clan. Helen King's five children have as little love for her as they do for each other. So, when her eldest son, Howard, is shot to death in his Dallas home, there is no shortage of suspects. As administrator of the King fortune, he was the focus for his siblings' deepest resentment. Everyone has a motive, no one has an alibi and Matthew, who has always been the family peacekeeper, admits he was at the scene shortly before the murder,...and saw nothing. As the police close in on the killer, Matthew faces an unwanted choice: loyalty to a family that's never understood love...or saving his own skin.
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Eden
The Kings aren't like other families. They are bound together by a hatred as vast as their oil-rich Texas ranch and the purse strings of a fortune held by the cold matriarch of their wealthy clan. Helen King's five children have as little love for her as they do for each other. So, when her eldest son, Howard, is shot to death in his Dallas home, there is no shortage of suspects. As administrator of the King fortune, he was the focus for his siblings' deepest resentment. Everyone has a motive, no one has an alibi and Matthew, who has always been the family peacekeeper, admits he was at the scene shortly before the murder,...and saw nothing. As the police close in on the killer, Matthew faces an unwanted choice: loyalty to a family that's never understood love...or saving his own skin.
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| BN ID: | 2940171712143 |
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| Publisher: | Books in Motion |
| Publication date: | 07/15/2008 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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