The Third Son

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There's something <em>wrong </em>with Francis...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Architect Carter Grady is constructing his most prized design-a family. Two years after marrying his deceased best friend's wife Tori he's ready to officially adopt her two sons independent Daniel twelve and sweet five-year-old Nathan. All he needs to do is sign the legal paperwork. But a phone call changes everything.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A one-night stand from over a decade ago died in a freak accident and Carter now learns two things: the random stranger's name . . . and that they share a ten-year-old son Francis. With adultlike affectations and a fondness for wearing bow ties the exceedingly charming and fiercely intelligent boy is unlike other children. And he's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>biologically</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Carter's-a seemingly impossible dream.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet behind the ready smile perfectly parted hair and need to please something's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>off</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> with Francis. There's a cunning calculation behind his moves an effortless talent for lying and a dark curiosity in others' pain. But as Carter and Tori learn about the shocking conditions of Francis' isolated childhood Carter is even more determined to do right by his son.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When accidents soon escalate with Daniel and Nathan caught in the middle Tori's budding suspicions and maternal paranoia grow. Could evil reside in the form of a little boy? And who-or what-have they invited into their home their trust their sense of safety?</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What people are saying:</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I started it to see if it would grab my interest and never stopped reading until it was finished. Great storytelling suspense and characters.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I couldn't put this book down!</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Addictive read and a real page-turner! Very twisted story.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Wow! A tense suspenseful story that keeps you holding your breath. A real nail-biter.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I could not stop reading this psychological thriller!</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This thriller had me glued from beginning to end.</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I read it practically nonstop in one afternoon. Truly a frightening story.</em></p>