When I first read John Hart’s new novel, The Last Child, I knew immediately that number three was the charm.  The Last Child is Hart’s most thoroughly developed novel yet, with a compelling storyline and strong characters throughout.  Not to take anything away from Hart’s first two novels, The King of Lies, and the Edgar Award winning Down River, but, The Last Child is in an entirely different league.  The craftsmanship is apparent almost from the first page, and more than one reader since the books release on May 12^th has returned to say they could not put it down and in fact read the novel straight through, staying up to the wee hours of the morning to do so.  Read More