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The Body in the Record Room

A Mystery

Author: Joe Barone

The Body in the Record Room

The Body in the Record Room

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It's 1954. When a mental patient who calls himself Roy Rogers finds a body in the hospital record room, his investigation leads him to the murder of Marcia Weinhart. Twenty years earlier, authorities...

Page Count
272
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On Sale
10/14/2008

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It's 1954. When a mental patient who calls himself Roy Rogers finds a body in the hospital record room, his investigation leads him to the murder of Marcia Weinhart. Twenty years earlier, authorities found her mutilated corpse lying on the altar of St. Adrian's Catholic Church in Sunrise, Missouri.

Roy, his friend Harry, and Harry's beloved dog, Bullet, move through the buildings and grounds of the Sunrise Mental Hospital, a thousand-acre facility with more than two thousand patients and eight hundred employees. They go from the record room to the hospital's Catholic chapel, from the blacksmith shop to the hospital cemetery, looking for victims of the terrible abuse behind the Weinhart murder.

In the process, Roy comes to better understand the strength and moral stature of his hero, the real Roy Rogers. He is able to overcome the terror of his past, choosing to forgo violence and work within the law.

Joe Barone's debut makes for an intriguing mystery while also elevating old-time heroes and their values.

Imprint Publisher

Minotaur Books

ISBN

9781429939720

In The News

"Stand by for a very clever, fresh, and engaging mystery from first-time author Barone. ... A solid, suspenseful mystery with an unusual setting and a likable narrator with his own secrets." - Booklist

"First novelist Barone, an ordained minister who grew up scampering around an institution his father worked in, has delivered the least preachy, most intense sermon on tolerance you're likely to hear. Roy's return will be welcomed." - Kirkus Reviews

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The Body in the Record Room

The Body in the Record Room

$12.99

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