Campbell's Kids
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ISBN10: 1628573120
ISBN13: 9781628573121
Publisher: Strategic Book Pub
Published: Jan 5 2015
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781628573121
Publisher: Strategic Book Pub
Published: Jan 5 2015
Pages: 324
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Campbell's Kids is a violent thriller filled with hidden secrets and passion. When a nun is rescued from a forest fire and claims amnesia, the identity pressed on her is that of Maggie Campbell, the widow of a renowned artist. This new identity causes her to remember old outrages and to commit fresh acts of violence, especially when the reporter who first recognized her as Maggie Campbell and took her under his wing seems to be manipulating her life. This intense and realistic novel reminiscent of Deliverance - written by well-known Canadian criminal defense lawyer and playwright Gary Botting - was inspired by a real-life situation, fictionalized to protect the innocent, precious few of whom are still alive. English-born criminal defense lawyer Gary Botting has defended many clients accused of the book's central crimes of arson, rape, pedophilia, incest, and murder. Botting is the author of thirty-five books on subjects as diverse as poetry, drama, literature, biography, history, religion, and especially law, including texts on extradition, dangerous offenders and the wrongfully convicted. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his Australian-born wife, Virginia Martin. In the stunning novel Campbell's Kids, Sister Jane Doe is the moniker that the triage team gives to a nun rescued from a forest fire. Her ordeal has left her suffering from amnesia. Nonetheless, there is clear evidence that she herself set the fire in which she very nearly died. After receiving treatment for her burns, she is locked up as a pyromaniac. News reporter Roy Farquhar convinces both the woman and her nurse that she is Maggie Campbell, widow of famed Canadian artist Philip Campbell. The shoe seems to fit. Roy rescues her from the forensic ward and lives with her, hoping to profit from the sale of her late husband's art. But when he takes her to the wedding of her son, Tom Campbell, her memory is jogged so traumatically that she begins to remember who she really is. In particular, she recalls her sordid role as a self-styled avenging angel who used arson and serial murder to stamp out the curse that infected her remote valley: the evils of incest and pedophilia. In the process, she discovers that she is not only the product and victim of incest, but has also committed incest, unwittingly, time and time again. Hence her duties as avenging angel are not yet over ... English-born criminal defense and extradition lawyer Gary Botting has defended many alleged dangerous offenders and clients accused of arson, incest, pedophilia, rape, and murder. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/GaryBotting
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