Little Bird of Heaven

     From the first word to the last, Little Bird of Heaven is a novel of enticement.  It begins in the midst of the decay that has become Krista "Krissie" Diehl's family.  Though she is only in high school, the pain that the murder of Zoe Kruller has caused will shape the rest of her life. 

     Also  changed forever are her mother, Lucille; her brother, Ben; and most of all her father Eddy, who has been accused of murdering Zoe.  Zoe had many lovers and an abusive, estranged husband, but Eddy was with her that night.  In fact, Eddy wasn't home at all that night.  To everyone but Krista, this is irrefutable evidence of his guilt.

     Only Zoe's son Aaron knows that there's another suspect:  his father Delray.  Delray is a drinker, a temperamental man.  Aaron knows this, knows his father never came home that night, but he also knows that his father loved Zoe too much to hurt her.  When police question him after he discovers Zoe's body, he lies.  His father was home all night, he tells them.  Aaron is sure that it was Eddy Diehl.
     The whole community of Sparta feels the same.  Eddy Diehl, once an upstanding citizen, a good guy, a pal, is now considered a criminal, not convicted but ostracized.  His death with change Krista's life even more than Zoe's.


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