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2) Far cry
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Ruth and Simon reluctantly agree to let their teenage daughter, Heather, go on a camping holiday in Cornwall with her best friend, Kelly, and her family. Then they get the news that both girls have gone missing. Kelly is found alive, but Heather's body is eventually found in an old mine, her death ruled an accident. The tragedy ends Ruth and Simon's marriage. Ruth remarries and has another daughter, but when Beatrice reaches Heather's age, she too...
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The dream peddler came to town at the white end of winter, before the thaw . . . Traveling salesmen like Robert Owens have passed through Evie Dawson's town before, but none of them offered anything like what he has to sell: dreams, made to order, with satisfaction guaranteed. Soon after he arrives, the community is shocked by the disappearance of Evie's young son. The townspeople, shaken by the Dawson family's tragedy and captivated by Robert's subversive...
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Brandon Blake, the tough and resourceful kid from the Portland waterfront, has made it. He's been hired by the Portland Police Department, partly as payback for stopping a vicious cop killer. But the newest rookie on the night shift isn't pulling any punches. And when a drug-addled mom can't find her baby, Blake - whose mother left him and was killed when he was a toddler - comes down on her hard. Except the baby really is gone. And Brandon's relentless...