num_pages: 428
description: Emery Hazard is trying to plan his wedding even though his fianc John-Henry Somerset isnt exactly making things easy for him. To be fair Somers has been distracted lately; his father is running for mayor in a hotly contested election and their hometown is splintering under the weight of divisive politics.In a matter of hours those poisonous politics invade Hazards life in a way he couldnt have imagined. Glenn Somerset Somerss father shows up on their doorstep and he wants two things: first for Hazard to neutralize a blackmail threat; and second for Somers temporarily to move out of the house he shares with Hazard part of public relations stunt to win the election. To Hazards shock Somers agrees.Determined to lose himself in his work Hazard takes on a missing persons case but his investigation only leads him deeper into the tangled web of small-town politics. To find the truth he must face off with the viciously rich who rule Wahreduaand with the poor desperate and marginalized who fight just as viciously in their own way.When Hazards investigation uncovers a murder he is forced to work with Somers to bring the killer to justice despite their fractured relationship. But the sudden news that Hazards father is failing fast threatens to put an untimely end to the caseand in doing so jeopardize Somerss last-ditch effort to repair his relationship with his own father.The killer though has an accelerating timeline and in a world of wayward children every relationship is fraught with hidden dangers.
language: English
title: Wayward
publisher: Hodgkin and Blount