Angel of knowlton park (a joe burgess

Portland, Maine, homicide detective Joe Burgess needs a vacation. But there's a dead child in Knowlton Park.Rolling up on the scene with a canoe on the roof and fishing poles flapping, Burgess finds little Timmy Watts, viciously stabbed, and carefully wrapped in a new blue blanket.Timmy's parents are life-long crooks, his brothers deal drugs and his sister turns tricks. The only one who seems to care is Timmy's hearing-impaired sister, Iris. But she's keeping her secrets.Then Iris disappears, and Burgess is battling against time to keep more children from dying.REVIEWS:"Flora's thought-provoking second police-procedural marks her as one of the best in the genre." ~Library Journal Starred Review"A thing of beauty... insights are woven deep... characters, scenes and dialogue boost this story to excellence " ~The Portland Press HeraldTHE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIES, in series orderPlaying GodThe Angel of Knowlton ParkRedemption