Three years ago, Dan Champion was an NYPD undercover
detective involved in bringing down a sex-trafficking ring
specializing in young children, both male and female. The
investigation culminated in Dan killing one of the evil
purveyors, as well as uncovering a graveyard of young
children's bodies. The leader of the immoral group, known
as the Fat Lady, was never apprehended, and some wonder if
she even exists. While undercover, Dan started using
illegal drugs to keep going, but he experienced unsettling
hallucinations of a dead boy named Alexander and a
beautiful woman called Samantha, who tempted him with
something that wasn't real. Because of Dan's overzealous
handling of the horrific case while under the influence of
drugs, he was asked to resign.
Now serving as a deputy in the small town of Tyler, NY, Dan
is drug-free and the hallucinations are a thing of the
past. As he quietly rebuilds his life, things take a turn
for the worst. When he's called out to investigate a
woman's nude body washed ashore by the river, he's shocked
to see she looks exactly like the woman in his earlier
visions -- and she calls herself Samantha. And what does she
mean as she whispers to Dan: "They're coming after us."?
Shortly after Samantha escapes from the hospital, Dan is
accosted by sinister assassins set on killing him before he
learns the truth about his past and how it's connected to
his earlier case in New York -- and the illusive Fat Woman.
This compelling psychological thriller by Andrew
Klavan is loaded with frightening possibilities and
realities, as well as unforgettable characters in a
mesmerizing plot. I could not put it down as each page
exposed more and more layers to the backstory of Dan and
Samantha. Don't miss reading A KILLER IN THE WIND!
Three years ago, working vice for the NYPD, Dan Champion
uncovered a sex slavery ring run by a kingpin known only
as the Fat Woman. Obsessed with bringing her down,
Champion infiltrated a world of sexual obsession and
perversity. He broke the case, but the case also broke
him. He started taking drugs and soon began to form
hallucinations?a dead child prowling the streets of New
York?a beautiful woman named Samantha who would have given
him the love he always wanted—if she’d only been real.
Now Champion is a small town detective, chasing burglars
and juvenile delinquents, hanging out at the local tavern
where he is romancing a waitress. The ghosts and
hallucinations are finally behind him as he begins to
rebuild his life. Then one night Champion is called to
examine the body of a woman who has washed ashore. Yet
when he looks at her face, he sees that it’s Samantha, the
woman he dreamed about long ago...a woman who doesn’t
exist.
Suddenly, Champion is haunted again, only this time it’s
by a team of expert killers who want to make sure he never
finds the truth: the truth about the dead child who
wanders through his imagination; the truth about the lover
who inhabits his dreams; and the truth about a killer who
has been on the run — in the wind — for a lifetime. The
ghosts of the dead are all around him, and Champion has to
find out who murdered them, fast, or he could become one
of them himself.
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