An Honest Man

by Michael Koryta

An Honest Man by Michael Koryta is the story of a man, Israel Pike, who returns to his home off the coast of Maine after spending 15 years in prison for killing his father. The book opens with him discovering a yacht in the water near his home, where a killing spree has taken place, with two politicians and a number of others dead. As the first on the scene, Pike falls under suspicion and the goings-on on the small island start to unravel.