The Pact
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basketball behaved as if controlled by radar, continually finding the hoop and
dropping through. It didn't matter which
boy was shooting as they were equally skilled, and this one-on-one match-up was
a thing of beauty.
I had
watched these two boys--I would guess they were 14 or 15 years old--several
times before, but they were oblivious to anyone and everything but their
game. I didn't know their names, but
being the cop on the beat, I remembered faces, and I liked seeing a black kid
and a white kid enjoying each other's company.
It didn’t happen often in this neighborhood, that’s for sure.
I moved on, unaware that these two youths would become victims in a series of killings that would haunt me for years.
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Does anger
and bigotry justify murder? Can young
boys raised by intolerant parents develop cavalier attitudes while planning and
performing terrible injustices—and feel guiltless? Are one—or two—or
all three boys involved in a spree of killings that take place over a twelve
year period in a normally complacent twin city area? Somebody is committing the murders—and
we need to know who—and why!
The Pact chronicles several decades in the lives of
three errant Irish youths from the
About the Author
Don E. Finegold, after nearly fifty years as an executive and Tanner in the New England Leather Industry, retired and began a new career that he had long awaited—writing mystery novels. His first novel, INTERLUDE< a tale of wealth, corruption, and murder was published by 1st Books Library in 2002. A graduate of The Oxford School of Business Administration, Cambridge, MA and Lowell Technological Institute, Lowell, MA, Mr. Finegold continues in his favorite realm, the mystery. He and his wife Elaine reside in Salem, MA, Conway, NH, and Boynton Beach, FL.