. It’s something that Suvudu readers know all about. Elves, dragons, vampire boyfriends. Sure, there’s that kind of fantasy, but there’s another kind, too: the forbidden kind. Maybe yours involves that pretty barista you see everyday…the one that makes your wedding band want to slip off your finger all by itself. Or perhaps its the office’s petty cash fund. Does anyone really count that anyway? Or maybe it’s something else, entirely. Something darker. Murder.
Don’t try to pretend that you’ve never thought about it: An idiot in a Hummer cuts you off in traffic, but he doesn’t even notice because he’s too busy talking on his cell phone. Or that coworker that weaseled her way into a promotion that should have been yours six months ago. Maybe none of these ring a bell. But you know what? Even if you’ve not fantasized about killing someone, more than likely someone has thought about killing you. And I don’t blame them. You’ve done something. Just because no one ever caught you it doesn’t mean you’re innocent.
After a career spent on the streets of New York City, retired homicide Detective Dave Gurney doesn’t scare easily, so when he begins receiving letters from a seemingly clairvoyant stranger who knows the intimate details of his life he considers it a diverting puzzle to solve and nothing more. But when the letters turn out to be a clue to the identity of a vicious serial killer, Gurney is drawn out of retirement to assist local police in ending the murderer’s reign of terror.
One simple request – to “think of a number” – is all it takes for Gurney to learn that the past is never truly dead. Readers can experience the terror for themselves by watching the book trailer and playing the Think of a Number interactive game at the book’s official website.
