Donald Carte

Forgetful of Strangers Donald Carte

Chases Corner is a small town in rural South Carolina, reflecting all the better aspects of life in that part of the country. It is a town that runs slightly behind the times, but offers the warmth and welcome of a friendly people; traits still found within a close-knit, Southern community. It is a place populated by good, church going folks watching out for one another, protecting the life they share -- and the secret that bonds them together. Mark Daniels is a Yankee reporter working for the New York Times. Staunch and distant, Daniels is well equipped for the lifestyle of New York City, but when he is assigned to cover a hearing on the possible re-trial of a convicted murderer from Chases Corner, Daniels is tossed into a world in which his skills as a city-boy will do him little good. When Daniels comes across a defrocked Catholic Priest living in Chases Corner, research the old priest is doing on a connection between autism and angels presents a whole new perspective on the people there. While straddling work on his original story and a growing interest in the mysteries of Chases Corner, he finds himself at the epicenter of a juicy political scandal rooted in racism. Daniels is forced to choose between the biggest scoop of his twenty-year career in journalism, or continuing a journey that is pullling him to look for answers he may not want to find.