Böcker av Andrew Mills

Newly emancipated sixteen-year-old Mark Seward moves to his late uncle's house in small-town Iowa. His life soon takes a sinister turn when a series of mysterious deaths plague the community, and he becomes the prime suspect. Mark's journey begins as he arrives in the quiet town, hoping to find solace and escape the shadows of his past. However, his dreams of a fresh start are shattered when the townspeople start dying under mysterious circumstances, and all eyes turn toward him. Burdened by the weight of suspicion and with no one to vouch for his innocence, Mark finds himself trapped in a twisted game of fate and paranoia. As the body count rises, Mark embarks on a race against time to clear his name and uncover the dark secrets that shroud the town. Plagued by relentless accusations, he must navigate the treacherous maze of small-town politics, hidden agendas, and personal vendettas. In his desperate search for the truth, Mark must confront his deepest fears, challenge the boundaries of his own inhibitions, and unravel the enigma that lies beneath the town's seemingly tranquil facade. With danger lurking around every corner and the real culprit still at large, Mark becomes a pawn in a web of deception that threatens to consume him. Will Mark break free from the chains of suspicion and find the real killer, or will he succumb to the weight of the town's judgment and his own crippling introversion?

The setting is Madurai District in Tamil Nadu, India. The author and his young family arrive just nine years after India's independence. He is assigned to do development work under the Church of South India in a poor village area during 1956-61. The memoir progresses from the excitement in adjusting to a new culture and learning the South Indian language Tamil to the author's application of his skills to help poor villagers, all of whom turn out to be Dalits, the outcasts of South Indian society. In the end, his devotion to his work with the villagers comes into a major conflict with the fact that he and his family have to go on furlough to the United States at the end of the term, and there is a strong likelihood that they would not return due to his wife's unhappiness with being in India. Much of the memoir is devoted to telling the stories of his friends and colleagues in India who inspired him. They are the primary reason why he is truly at home in India and why he wrote the book.

The setting is Madurai District in Tamil Nadu, India. The author and his young family arrive just nine years after India''s independence. He is assigned to do development work under the Church of South India in a poor village area during 1956-61. The memoir progresses from the excitement in adjusting to a new culture and learning the South Indian language Tamil to the author''s application of his skills to help poor villagers, all of whom turn out to be Dalits, the outcasts of South Indian society. In the end, his devotion to his work with the villagers comes into a major conflict with the fact that he and his family have to go on furlough to the United States at the end of the term, and there is a strong likelihood that they would not return due to his wife''s unhappiness with being in India. Much of the memoir is devoted to telling the stories of his friends and colleagues in India who inspired him. They are the primary reason why he is truly at home in India and why he wrote the book.