Giovanni's GiftImagine a scene of rural serenity, a night scene. Above the mountains surrounding this faraway place, the stars are a menagerie of silver flickering motes. Imagine a solitary ranch, a man and a woman asleep. It would be hard to fathom a purer vision of people at peace in the natural world. Who could foresee that this tranquility would be so brutally shattered by the night visitors? When Grant hears of the campaign of malice being waged against his only living relatives, he abandons Rome and a crumbling marriage to do what he can to help them. His brash confidence is quickly bruised as the night visits escalate in violence, and the death of Giovanni Trentas, a dear family friend found mutilated in a gorge above the ranch, takes on new meaning. When his aunt presents him with Giovanni's legacy - an old cigar box filled with letters, photos, and seemingly random knick-knacks - Grant finds himself in possession of a puzzle that might hold the answers to much more than Giovanni's death. Grant's unfolding passion for Giovanni's daughter, Helen, forces him to choose between loyalty and love as the night terrors come to their catastrophic end. |
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... kitchen table . Edmé had not returned yet . They spoke of other things , what was going on in town , of mutual friends , who was not healthy and who was . And afterward , Noah left , walking himself down to his car at the old steel ...
... kitchen table . Edmé had not returned yet . They spoke of other things , what was going on in town , of mutual friends , who was not healthy and who was . And afterward , Noah left , walking himself down to his car at the old steel ...
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... kitchen , was the insight that the preposterous had become reasonable , the abnormal become normal for them . In my naïveté , I asked myself , How can we sit here like this ? How could someone be expected to put up with such brazen ...
... kitchen , was the insight that the preposterous had become reasonable , the abnormal become normal for them . In my naïveté , I asked myself , How can we sit here like this ? How could someone be expected to put up with such brazen ...
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... kitchen . I peeled the foil , popped the cork , filled both glasses , which effervesced as I carried them . Circumspect , silent as any burglar , I toured Helen's down- stairs : the kitchen that led into a dining room and beyond that ...
... kitchen . I peeled the foil , popped the cork , filled both glasses , which effervesced as I carried them . Circumspect , silent as any burglar , I toured Helen's down- stairs : the kitchen that led into a dining room and beyond that ...
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