{"product_id":"the-long-and-faraway-gone-9780062292438","title":"The Long and Faraway Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD, THE MACAVITY AWARD, THE ANTHONY AWARD, AND THE BARRY AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE 2015\u003cem\u003e LA TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BOOK PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney's \u003cem\u003eThe Long and Faraway Gone \u003c\/em\u003eis a smart, fiercely compassionate crime story that explores the mysteries of memory and the impact of violence on survivors--and the lengths they will go to find the painful truth of the events that scarred their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1986, two tragedies rocked Oklahoma City. Six movie-theater employees were killed in an armed robbery, while one inexplicably survived. Then, a teenage girl vanished from the annual State Fair. Neither crime was ever solved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years later, the reverberations of those unsolved cases quietly echo through survivors' lives. A private investigator in Vegas, Wyatt's latest inquiry takes him back to a past he's tried to escape--and drags him deeper into the harrowing mystery of the movie house robbery that left six of his friends dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Wyatt, Julianna struggles with the past--with the day her beautiful older sister Genevieve disappeared. When Julianna discovers that one of the original suspects has resurfaced, she'll stop at nothing to find answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Wyatt's case becomes more complicated and dangerous, and Julianna seeks answers from a ghost, their obsessive quests not only stir memories of youth and first love, but also begin to illuminate dark secrets of the past. But will their shared passion and obsession heal them, or push them closer to the edge? Even if they find the truth, will it help them understand what happened, that long and faraway gone summer? Will it set them free--or ultimately destroy them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerney, Lou:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLou Berney is the author of three previous novels, \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight, Whiplash River, \u003c\/em\u003e and multiple prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Long and Faraway Gone\u003c\/em\u003e. His short fiction has appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, Ploughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/em\u003e anthology. He lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644437860626,"sku":"9780062292438","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a4cccc5-53ad-4250-a935-9085a32a243f.jpg?v=1733110225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-long-and-faraway-gone-9780062292438","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}