Audio Book Description:
When the body of a local teenager is found in a community garden, homicide detective Gus Ramone relives intesnse memories of a case he worked 20 yearsearlier. When he was still a rookie, Ramone and his partner Dan "Doc" Holidayassisted legendary detective T.C. Cook as he investigated a series of killingsinvolving young victims left overnight in neighborhood parks. The killer, dubbed "the Night Gardener," was never caught.Since then, Holiday has left theforce under a cloud of morals charges; he now works as a bodyguard and driver, taunted by his dreams of what he might have been. Cook retired, but he hasnever stopped agonizing about the unsolved case. Ramone is "good police," working as a homicide detective for the city`s violent-crime division. He isalso a devoted husband and father, and his teenage son, Diego,was a friend of the most recentvictim, a boy named Asa. Couldthe Night Gardener be on theprowl again? Asa`s death draws the threemen together on a mission to finish the work that has haunted them for years. For T.C. Cook, it means solving one ofthe few cases that eluded him in his distinguished career. For Doc Holiday, the Night Gardener case is one last chance to prove- to Cook, to Ramone, andto himself- what kind of policeofficer he once was. For Gus Ramone, catching the killer means not only dong his job but knowing that his son will not be thenext victim. The regret, anger,and fierce sense of purposethat once burnedbetween them come rushing back as they race tolay to rest the monster who hasstalked their dreams.
