Right Kind of Fool

On a hot summer day in 1934, 13-year-old Loyal Raines discovers a dead body in the river and wishes he had listened to his mother. His father, Creed Raines, is an absentee father who left his family when his son was born deaf. When Loyal tells his father about the murder, Creed is drawn into the investigation and realizes that his son's courage is what sets him apart. He must do more than solve the murder to win his family's hearts again.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 03 November 2020
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he had obeyed his mother. The ripples caused by his discovery will impact the town of Beverly, West Virginia, in ways no one could have imagined.

The first person those ripples disturb is Loyal's absentee father. When Creed Raines realized his infant son was deaf, he headed for the hills, returning only to help meet his family's basic needs. But when Loyal, now a young teen, stumbles upon a murder, it's his father he runs to tell—shaping the words with his hands. As Creed is pulled into the investigation, he discovers that what sets his son apart isn't his inability to hear but rather his courage.

Longing to reclaim the life he abandoned, Creed will have to do more than help solve a murder if he wants to win his family's hearts again.

Weight: 288g
Dimension: 140 x 216 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780764234019