Ray Mitchell retorna a su ciudad natal para pensar en la nueva reorientación de su vida. Entonces, lo encuentran en su piso donde ha sido objeto de una agresión que le ha llevado a las puertas de la muerte. Ray sabe quién lo ha hecho, pero no lo dice y se niega a presentar una denuncia. La detective Nerese, no sólo tiene que descubirr al atacante sino comprender qué clase de víctima teme más a la verdad que a quien pudo ser su asesino.

Excellent; a fantastic story line combined with realistic and intriguing characters. It is unusual to get both in a book. I look forward to reading more by this perceptive author. ( )

Really excellent. I was worried after I didn't enjoy the last Price novel I read, but this is really great - keeps you guessing and, by the end, on the edge of your seat. ( )

This is a very good read.
Clever and original
Keeps you reading.
Ray who is a writes for TV moves back to New Jersey to give something back. He helps children write.
He gets attacked in his house, his old school friend Nerese a retiring Police woman investigates. Ray is very reluctant to talk but after a while Nerese works it out. Lots of interesting characters in this book. ( )

Ray Mitchell grew up in public housing in Richard Price’s fictional city of Dempsy, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. After a stint as an English teacher, then as a cocaine-addled cab driver he worked for a former student as a television writer in L.A. When that’s over he returns to New Jersey, teaches a class at his old school, and tries to help a few of the people that now live where he used to.

Ray’s story is one of guilt and unintended consequences. He truly wants to help the downtrodden, but his motives are questioned. Ray’s teenage daughter lives with his ex-wife in New York but guilt overwhelms his relationship with her too.

Ray really is a good guy and tries to do right, but with Samaritan Price seems to be saying that you can’t always help those that need help, and sometimes it’s best not to try. But I think he’s thankful there are people like Ray Mitchell that don’t realize it. ( )