A horrific, decades-old crime... A dark past...
Dr Jay Handler, a vascular surgeon from New York, is toasting his 20th wedding anniversary with his wife, Kathy, when he hears from his sister-in-law, Gabby, that his nephew has been found dead at the bottom of Morro Bay Rock, California.
At first, his death is ruled a suicide. After all, his nephew, Evan, had always been a troubled kid and suffered specifically from bipolar disorder. He had recently been remanded to a psychiatric ward and put under suicide watch. A couple of days before his death, the ward released him to a halfway house for old people/Alzheimer's patients. Why? A day later, he supposedly left the halfway facility to take a walk. He never came back.
In the meantime, there were two other gruesome murders. One, a detective was murdered in his home thirty miles south of Morro Bay. Two, black and white photos of a mutilated naked woman was sent to Dr Handler's half-brother, Charlie, at his home in Grover Beach. She was Charlie's ex-girlfriend. There were knife wounds on their bodies resembling an open human eye.
As with any murder mystery, the million dollar question is are these deaths related and if so, how and why? Is there a conspiracy stretching back to someone's shady past? Every second counts when your family's at stake.
This story is especially poignant to the author as it is his way of remembering a close member of his family who died tragically two years ago and for anyone who has suffered the loss of a child. Totally unputdownable, engrossing, great writing, highly suspenseful, Gross' best by far - I highly recommend it. Killing Hour (published April 2011) will be released as Eyes Wide Open in July 2011 in the USA.
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Rating: 5/5
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