Double Vision
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- $1.99
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- $1.99
Publisher Description
For fans of Stephen King, Ronald Malfi, and Lawrence Block, Hamelin Bird delivers a stunning debut. In this haunting new horror-thriller featuring a down-and-out detective, solving the case of a lifetime and tracking down a dangerous killer is only half of the story.
Former detective Michael Lunsmann is about to lose everything. Still in love with his ex-wife, estranged from his teenage son, and now fresh off the wagon once again, rock bottom has never felt closer. But things are about to get worse. Following another Father's Day disaster with his son, Lunsmann wakes from a drinking binge with a bullet in his arm and no earthly idea how it got there. That same night, four teens go missing at the hands of an elusive madman.
Drawn into the investigation, Lunsmann launches an effort to catch the killer. But to repair the damage to his family, he'll have to confront his own demons. When the most unlikely detective becomes the only man to crack the case, dark and sinister forces will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from surfacing.
A supernatural thriller and compelling meditation on addiction and fatherhood, Double Vision is a gripping story that will keep readers turning pages late into the night.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bird's creepy, nightmarish debut finds former police detective Michael Lunsmann undergoing a midlife crisis. A few years earlier, his career was derailed after his wife divorced him, and he asked to be demoted to patrol. Now, he's an overweight alcoholic, plagued with guilt about his lack of a relationship with his 15-year-old son, Doug. After another failed attempt at connecting with Doug, Lunsmann awakes in a hospital bed, only to learn that he almost bled to death after being shot. He has no recollection of what happened, a memory gap that feels ominous when he learns that several teens who recently went camping have vanished, and he fears his shooting is connected with their disappearance. When Lunsmann later investigates, he discovers that almost 60 people have disappeared in the surrounding area over the past decade without explanation, and that what happened to the teens may have involved a breach of "some unseen boundary between this world and the next." Bird keeps readers off-balance as he builds toward a satisfying conclusion. Fans of thrillers with a supernatural tinge will be pleased. (Self-published)
