Newspaper editor John Quinn returns to his coastal Maine hometown to raise his young son. When his best friend -- a married politician with children -- is found beaten to death in a park used as a gay pickup spot, the police seem indifferent.
Quinn decides to take matters into his own hands and uncovers plenty of hidden violence, sexual intrigue and smalltown scheming. With so many people hiding secrets—secrets some are willing to kill for — Quinn is determined to learn the truth about his friend’s murder before he, too, is permanently silenced.
Terry Shaw has been a newspaper reporter and editor in several states – including Maine. “The Way Life Should Be” is his first novel. It was named the Grand Prize winner out of more than 2,600 entries in the First Chapters Competition sponsored by Gather.com, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster and Borders. He and his wife live in Knoxville, Tennessee.
