Former newspaper reporter Brad Parks, author of “Faces of the Gone,”  will discuss how he turned his years of reporting into a mystery series set in New Jersey.“Faces of the Gone” is Parks’ first novel. The book introduces investigative reporter Carter Ross, who grew up in Millburn, works in Newark, and lives in Nutley. He drives the Parkway, parties in Hoboken, and stalks killers in Summit – a true New Jersey character. The book is both humorous and suspenseful. Readers follow Ross across the Garden State as he searches for a brutal murderer.