First published 2005
Jack Lehman thought his detective days were behind him. Then an anonymous caller tells him about a half-million dollar heist in progress. Lehman springs into action with the intensity of a classic gunslinger, squinting through dangerous situations as bullets fly. But when he tries to report the crime to his former colleagues at the precinct, his mind goes blank. He cannot recall a single detail about what the caller told him. His friends and family worry that early Alzheimer's is setting in. They want him to step back and accept that his sharp investigative instincts may be fading. Lehman refuses to give up. As the story builds into a psychological thriller, he must prove that his mind is still sharp enough to catch criminals. The case becomes about more than solving a heist. Lehman fights to vindicate himself and show that he remains the formidable detective he always was.
Genres: suspense, mystery, detective, psychological-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator, vindication
232 pages · Hardcover · Academy Chicago Publishers