Synopses & Reviews
Three years ago, Dan Champion uncovered a criminal syndicate run by a kingpin known only as the Fat Woman. Champion infiltrated her world of murder, obsession, and perversity, but the case also broke him. He began hallucinating and taking drugs.
Now, Champion is a small-town detective, hoping the ghosts and hallucinations are finally behind him. Then one night he is called to examine the body of a woman who has washed ashore. To his surprise, he recognizes the woman as Samantha, someone he dreamed about during his dark period—a woman who doesnt exist. Soon Champion is haunted by a team of expert killers who want to make sure he never finds the truth. The ghosts of the dead are all around him, and Champion has to find out who murdered them, or risk becoming one himself.
Review
"If you havent read Andrew Klavan, youre in for a treat. He tells vivid stories with a conversational style thats deceptively simple but does not waste a word."
Charlotte ObserverEvokes the gritty classics of Cornell Woolrich and Jim Thompson while spinning its own brand of hard-boiled psychological suspense. Among its other distinctions, this book gives us a detective who is tough enough to outlast the most bizarre encounters but isn't too tough to be gripped with fear.”Kirkus Reviews
Taut, frightening . . . The edgy story complements a lead character whose fragile memory cant always separate the real from the imaginary.”Publishers Weekly
"Dark, violent, seasoned with wit and fueled by anger."—Books and Culture
Klavan is worthy to be mentioned with Keith Ablow, Jonathan Kellerman, Andrew Vachss, James Patterson, and even Stephen King.”Huntington News
Synopsis
"If you havent read Andrew Klavan, youre in for a treat. He tells vivid stories with a conversational style thats deceptively simple but does not waste a word."
Charlotte ObserverThree 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 wantedif shed 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 its Samantha, the woman he dreamed about long ago...a woman who doesnt exist.
Suddenly, Champion is haunted again, only this time its 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.
PRAISE FOR A KILLER IN THE WIND
Evokes the gritty classics of Cornell Woolrich and Jim Thompson while spinning its own brand of hard-boiled psychological suspense. Among its other distinctions, this book gives us a detective who is tough enough to outlast the most bizarre encounters but isn't too tough to be gripped with fear.” Kirkus Reviews
Taut, frightening
the edgy story complements a lead character whose fragile memory cant always separate the real from the imaginary.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
PRAISE FOR ANDREW KLAVAN
[Klavan] delivers all the cliff-hangers and hairpin turns that you want from a beat-the-clock suspense thriller. But his characters are so deeply human that there is nothing cheap or manipulative about their desperate maneuvers to escape the relentless second hand of fate.” New York Times Book Review
"Klavan does tough-guy heroes and sexual tension better than anyone writing today." Janet Evanovich
"His characters are vivid and compelling, his observations on the human condition perceptive, and his darkly humorous prose masterful.” —Houston Chronicle
Klavan constantly finds the unexpected opening. He lands every blow and never from where its expected.” Arizona Daily Star
About the Author
Andrew Klavan is the internationally bestselling author of thirteen novels, including
True Crime, which was made into a film by Clint Eastwood, and
Dont Say a Word, made into a film starring Michael Douglas. He has been nominated for five Edgar awards, winning twice, and is the author of the
Homelanders series for Young Adults, which have been optioned by Summit Entertainment (Twilight”). His essays and op-eds on politics, religion, movies and literature have appeared in the
Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times,
The Washington Post, and
The Los Angeles Times. He lives in Southern California.