Pyres

In "Pyres", fifteen-year-old Lucia Moberg lifts a CD from a music store and evades mall security. But when she begs her clueless college professor father to drive her home, they're stopped in the parking lot by a tap on their car window. A split second later her father is brutally gunned down in a botched robbery. The killer flees, and so ignites an inferno that will engulf whomever it touches: a mother whose home life is shrouded in darkness, a pregnant outlaw desperate for a normal life, a dogged female cop atoning for her own family's collapse, and Lucia herself, caught in the peril and violence surrounding her. Following the plight of several fascinating, memorable, and authentic characters, this stunning narrative is chockfull of twists, obsessions, and powerful literary resonance.