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The unthinkable. Someone has blown up a dam.
Sam Johnson, Jr., a black sheriff, maintains a seemingly sheltered existence of keeping the peace in a small Kentucky town. Sam's world is shattered when a wall of water sweeps down the river valley, killing his goddaughter. No Leads. No Suspects. The FBI find Joseph Hamiz, an Arab professor from a local university, whose specialty is dam design, and blackmail him to help on the case. Unlikely friends, Sam and Joseph work together to solve the case that has a motive originating in an incident involving a minister arrested for kidnapping, and who had committed suicide ten years earlier. They discover the disturbing truth about the kidnapping, and find themselves the only ones who can prevent disaster. |
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Chapter 1 From the cutting room floor: The town Bombing dams in WW II A conversation Links relevant to the book: Dams: Basics, Safety, Performance, Reclamation, U.S. Society on Dams, Kentucky dams Kentucky: Government, Parks, Tourism, General, History Lebanon: History, More history, General, Food |