The Lovers

In "The Lovers," Charlie Parker takes a job at a Portland bar after losing his private investigator's license and facing police scrutiny. He begins to investigate his father's alleged murder-suicide and uncovers unsettling truths about his parents and himself. Meanwhile, a troubled young woman and a journalist-turned-writer are conducting their own investigations. Can Parker survive the forces that seek to end his life? This haunting and lyrical novel is impossible to put down.