Land of the Blind

<p><strong>A mystery novel of profound depth. -- <em>Booklist</em> (starred review)</strong></p><p><strong>Walter is at his incisive best. . . . Hypnotically compelling. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p><strong>In this fiendishly clever and darkly funny novel #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Jess Walter explores the bonds and compromises we make as children--and the fatal errors we can make at any time in our lives. </strong></p><p>While working the weekend night shift Caroline Mabry a weary Spokane police detective encounters a seemingly unstable but charming derelict who tells her I'd like to confess. But he insists on writing out his statement in longhand. In the forty-eight hours that follow the stranger confesses to not just a crime but an entire life--spinning a wry and haunting tale of youth and adulthood of obsession and revenge and of two men's intertwined lives.</p>