title: The Innocents (Wil Hardesty Novels)
author:  Richard Barre 
description: Author Richard Barre kicked off his Wil Hardesty series with this smart, psychologically nuanced first novel, which garnered a 1996 Shamus Award. As <I>The Innocents</I> opens, a flash flood in the California desert has uncovered the dessicated remains of seven children. The only clue to their identity: a worn St. Christopher medal inscribed &quot;Vaya Con Dios, Benito. Papa, 1967.&quot;
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
  Names: Dow, David R., author.
  
  Title: Confessions of an innocent man: a novel / David R. Dow.
  
  Description: New York, New York: Dutton, [2019]
  
  Identifiers: LCCN 2018021426 (print) | LCCN 2018023786 (ebook) | ISBN
  
  9781524743901 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524743888