The Distant Dead A Novel

Heather Young, Charlie Thurston, Jim Meskimen, Eva Kaminsky, Cassandra Campbell

eAudio - 2020

Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel * Nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult NovelA BookPage Best Book of the Year * A People Magazine Best Book of Summer * A Parade Best Book of Summer * A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of Summer""Powerful...a breathtaking read, with flawed and authentic characters who hit so close to home that at times it is impossible not to root for them."" — San Francisco Chronicle A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day's end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocke...d to its core. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly... more