The Strange Death of Father Candy A Suspense Novel
, by Roberts, Les- ISBN: 9780312566333 | 0312566336
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/25/2011
"[Roberts is] especially skillful in creating real moral and ethical choices for his characters."--Cleveland Plain Dealer Vietnam veteran Dominick Candiotti has been long estranged from his family. His late parents were close to the ruling mob clan in Youngstown, his sister was a bad-tempered and dissatisfied nag, and his middle brother was a corruptible police lieutenant. But in 1985, their oldest brother Richard Candiotti--beloved by every Italian Catholic in Youngstown as "Father Candy"--dies, and Dominick returns home for the funeral. Dominick is greatly disturbed by Richard's death, which has been ruled a suicide. Dissatisfied with this answer, he sets out to find the truth, revealing secrets and coming face-to-face with brutality and violence. Les Roberts pens a riveting and moving tale about walking the fragile tightrope between love and hatred.