Otto Meyer Jr. is having a bad day as principal of Empire Falls High. One of his teachers beat his wife so badly that she was in the hospital and Otto went to visit her. Later Otto went to visit the teacher, finding him sitting at his kitchen table with a revolver in front of him, contemplating his mortality. Nothing compared to the series of events set in motion by his decision to go out to Landfill Road and visit with John Voss' grandmother. Several anonymous notes-that he knows are from Zack Minty-asking him, "where is John Voss' Grandmother?," prompted the series of events. The malicious missives have shown up both in his mailbox and on his desk at times that were only accusable to someone with the proper key. Before.....
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