Flowering Judas

Summary

Twelveyears ago, Chester Morton disappeared from his hometown in Mattuck, New York,leaving no trace and never to be heard from again. For the past twelve years,his mother has kept the search for her son alive, paying for a billboardoverlooking the local community college, putting up new flyers every week,hounding every law enforcement agency she can get to listen. Her determinationhas made his disappearance very high profile but it’s also been damaging to herfamily, her children and to herself.

Now,Chester’s body is finally found, hanging from the very billboard that has beenadvertising his disappearance. Chester’s corpse, however, is recent, meaning Chesterhad been alive, somewhere, until very recently. Under pressure and with limitedresources, the local police turn to Gregor Demarkian, a former FBI agent andfrequent consultant on such cases, to try and unravel the truth buried withinthis very complex and tragic case and find out once and for all what reallyhappened all those years ago.