First published 2017
Ruddy McCann thought his life was finally stabilizing. The former college football player works as a repo man in Kalkaska, Michigan, living with his basset hound and planning to marry Katie Lottner. Then everything falls apart at once. His job becomes uncertain. Katie wants space in their relationship. His court-appointed psychiatrist threatens probation violation if he stops taking medication. Worst of all, he misses hearing Alan Lottner's voice. Alan is Katie's father, a dead realtor who used to speak to Ruddy. When a stranger tells Ruddy that the tragedy shaping his entire life might be fabricated, he begins investigating local women who have vanished. His search for truth becomes a hunt for redemption. Alan's voice returns to help him. Together they must expose a crooked banker, win back Katie, and catch a serial killer targeting more victims.
Genres: mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Kalkaska, Michigan
400 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Forge Books
Content warnings: mental-illness