by
Jim Keane

Nick Mattingly is at the end of his rope. His wife died of cancer, he got laid off, the bank foreclosed on his house, and worse, his four-year-old son was taken from the mall. The police have no leads, and the case has gone cold. Guilt and despair drag him into the swamp of alcohol and poverty. Voices in his head blame him for losing Timmy. After a year, he meets with the detective and watches the surveillance videos. It only took 45 seconds for a man to grab Timmy and make a clean getaway in a stolen van. But there’s something else. An alluring woman. A blonde Asian beauty. He watched her distract him, seemingly nothing at the time. Since the van was abandoned in Yonkers, someone there might know her. If he can find her, he might find his son. If not, he’ll surely go insane.

35,000 words
180 pages