by
Jim Keane

Nick is at the end of his rope. His wife died of cancer, he got laid off, the bank foreclosed on his house, and his four-year-old son was taken from his stroller at the mall. The police have no leads; the case has gone cold. Guilt and despair drag him into alcohol and poverty. Voices blame him for losing Timmy. After a year, he meets with the detective and watches the surveillance videos. It took 45 seconds for a man to grab Timmy and get away in a stolen van. But there’s something else. An alluring blonde Asian beauty. He watched her distract him while a man took Timmy. She had a tattoo of a red spider on her wrist. Since the van was abandoned at Getty Square 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