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Idyll Fears by Stephanie Gayle

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Idyll Fears

A Thomas Lynch Novel

Stephanie Gayle

Seventh Street Books · Print & ebook · September 5, 2017

Reading lane: Police Procedurals

Police Chief Thomas Lynch investigates the disappearance of a six-year-old boy with a serious medical condition while coping with disrespect from townspeople and colleagues who don't like the fact that he's gay.

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Why This Clicks

A Winter Investigation

A child’s disappearance tests a new chief amid a blizzard, rising crime, and small-town hostility.

Come here for

  • A missing-child case with life-threatening stakes
  • A police chief navigating professional pressures and personal isolation

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  • A layered procedural in a small Connecticut town
  • A winter mystery with tensions beyond the case

Book Details

Authors
Stephanie Gayle
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Published
September 5, 2017
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Police Procedurals · Police & Law-Enforcement Romance
Reading lane
Police Procedurals

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Publisher Categories

  • Mystery

  • Police Procedurals

  • Crime Fiction

About This Book

Police Chief Thomas Lynch investigates the disappearance of a six-year-old boy with a serious medical condition while coping with disrespect from townspeople and colleagues who don't like the fact that he's gay. It’s two weeks before Christmas 1997, and Chief Thomas Lynch faces a crisis when Cody Forrand, a six-year-old with a life-threatening medical condition, goes missing during a blizzard. The confusing case shines a national spotlight on the small, sleepy town of Idyll,...

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Police Chief Thomas Lynch investigates the disappearance of a six-year-old boy with a serious medical condition while coping with disrespect from townspeople and colleagues who don't like the fact that he's gay. It’s two weeks before Christmas 1997, and Chief Thomas Lynch faces a crisis when Cody Forrand, a six-year-old with a life-threatening medical condition, goes missing during a blizzard. The confusing case shines a national spotlight on the small, sleepy town of Idyll, Connecticut, where small-time crime is already on the rise and the police seem to be making mistakes left and right. Further complicating matters, Lynch, still new to town, finds himself the target of prank calls and hate speech that he worries is the work of a colleague, someone struggling to accept working with a gay chief of police. With time ticking away, Lynch is beginning to doubt whether he’ll be able to bring Cody home safely . . . and whether Idyll could ever really be home.

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