Product Description
In a community gripped by fear, tragedy begins with a whisper, a rumor, an accusation. Sex Offender Lives Here is a suspenseful tale of divorce, child custody battles, and America's obsession with sex crimes and predators.
Once, Fletcher Geffney had everything: a lovely wife, wealthy and influential in-laws, an estimable literary career. Now he stands to lose it all, including his 10-year-old son Christopher, after his wife makes a series of alarming accusations in the course of a preliminary child custody hearing.
Under normal circumstances, Fletcher might have successfully defended himself against criminal charges he insists are false and unfounded: the statutory rape of a 15-year-old fashion model, possession of child pornography and endangering the welfare of a minor.
But these are uncommon times. The Balloon Man, a sexual predator with a capacity for almost supernatural stealth and savagery, is preying on children. Even as the Balloon Man's reign of terror unleashes a frenzy of outrage and fear across several states, an opportunistic local politician seizes on Fletcher's newsworthy predicament to campaign for new and frankly unconstitutional enhancements to his state s registry system for convicted sex felons. In response, the controversial leader of an advocacy group called Sex Offenders Solidarity (SOS) seeks to make Fletcher the public face for the legal and social plight of sex offenders.
Soon persecuted felons, some dangerous and some merely abject victims of circumstance, begin showing up at Fletcher's door seeking shelter and safety in numbers. Fletcher's neighbors grow restive, then openly hostile. With unnerving swiftness, Fletcher finds himself at ground zero in a pitched battle between an agitated, frightened citizenry and a shadowy underground of deviants and criminals.
Out of options and out of time, Fletcher conceives a plan to kidnap his son from his wife and flee the country. Just as he is about to put this plan into action, a final, tragic event triggers a deadly escalation of violence. Fletcher's day of reckoning with both his angry community and with the family he has wronged arrives at last.
Sex Offender Lives Here is the story of a father's worst nightmare. It is also the story of a father's redemptive love for his son and his struggle to come to terms with the mistakes he has made in his life. Harry Ramble's debut novel is a tale told with passion and keen moral clarity, dark humor and unsparing insight.
Product Details
| Publisher | Ebb Press |
| ISBN | 0981650201 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Author | Harry Ramble |
| EAN | 9780981650203 |
| Label | Ebb Press |
| Edition | First American |
| Studio | Ebb Press |
| Title | Sex Offender Lives Here |
| Publication Date | 2008-08-26 |
| Manufacturer | Ebb Press |
Customer Reviews
It'll make you think, and worry about the real world.Review by jrzyjd, 2008-11-19
I really enjoyed it. I found it a little difficult to follow at first but adapted quickly. The book kept me intrigued throughout. I wonder how much research actually went into it.
I strongly suggest you read this book!
Try it you may like it.
Review by bob3701, 2008-10-16
Disclaimer up front, I know Harry and count him as one of my best friends; I am also not a reviewer but I'll give it a shot. I gave this book 5 stars did I do that because Harry is a friend, yes his friendship earned him at least a gold star. I am a reader but I do limit myself to horror fiction and rarely stray from that genre. I also understand why none of the big publishing houses would not touch this book; this book has balls and walks a thin line. I felt uneasy reading this book afraid that a line may be crossed as far as my own moral compass was concerned. I can say the book was an easy read and I buzzed right on through it. It is also a timely book about issues that are happening now. This book is not for the squeamish, it forces you to look at some truths you rather not look at. Good guys are few and far apart in this book but than maybe Harry does too good a job of mirroring real life today.
My one regret with this book was the background story of the Balloon Man staying in the background and not intersecting the main story but than I guess that is the horror reader in me.
Go ahead and give the book a try, I can promise you parts of the book and some of the characters will stay with you long after you finish. I bet if only a handful of you give it a try you could bump it up a couple 100,000 on the Amazon sales ranking!
