TY - BOOK AU - Hart,John TI - Down river SN - 9781848540958 PY - 2008///, 2007 CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Families KW - Fiction KW - Fathers and sons KW - fast KW - Rowan County (N.C.) KW - North Carolina KW - Rowan County KW - Southern States KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Suspense fiction KW - gsafd KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Includes an excerpt from author's The king of lies (p. [343]-369); Adam Chase spent years in New York trying to forget. Until a phone call from his best friend summoned him home. Within hours of returning, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of old friends, enemies and the woman he cannot forget. And then people start turning up dead. For a man only just acquitted of murder, Adam's homecoming does not go well.--P. [4] of cover N2 - Adam Chase has spent the last five years in New York trying to wipe out the memory of his family's rejection. Until a phone call from his best friend Summons him back to Red Water Farm. When he left North Carolina, Adam left for good. Now he has no choice but to return - and being remembered as a murderer doesn't help. Within hours of arriving, Adam is beaten up, accosted and has to face the hostility of those closest to him, including Grace, the young woman he cannot forget. Nothing has changed. And then people start turning up dead. For a man only just acquitted of murder, Adam's homecoming does not go well. And he has a dark streaks, a history of violence. Everyone doubts. No one trusts him. And as the past threatnes to overshadow the present, Adam becomes the prime suspect for the new murders. He alone can clear his name ER -