City of the Sun

Jamie Gabriel gets on his bike before dawn to deliver newspapers\nin his suburban Indianapolis neighborhood. He is twelve years old.\nSomewhere en route, he vanishes without a trace.

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Fourteen months later, Paul and Carol Gabriel are on the verge\nof abandoning all hope. Crushed by frustrating dead ends and\nexhausted by a police force that cannot (or will not) find their\nson, the Gabriels finally stumble upon a name–an elusive private\ninvestigator who may represent their last chance for\nanswers.

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Frank Behr is an enigmatic mountain of a man, a former cop who\nis reluctant to help–he knows better than to promise the Gabriels a\ngood result. But Paul’s plea for closure stirs up old personal\ndemons that Behr can no longer ignore. Going against everything he\nfears, Behr enters into an uneasy partnership with Paul on a quest\nfor the truth that is, in turn, dangerous … and\nhaunting.

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Richly textured and crackling with suspense, CITY OF THE SUN\nweaves a moody narrative that hinges on the bond between a damaged\ndetective and a lost father. David Levien masterfully peels back\nthe layers of his gripping story, taking listeners on an\ninvestigation like no other.

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From the Compact Disc edition.

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