Little Deaths

It's the summer of 1965 and the streets of Queens New York shimmer in a heatwave One July morning Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing After a desperate search the police make a horrifying discovery Noting Ruth's perfectly madeup face and provocative clothing the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment the detectives leap to convenient conclusions fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same.