Asbury Park (Sailor Doyle)

A thrilling police procedural with supernatural elements, for fans of Patricia Cornwell, John Connelly and Stephen KingTen weeks ago, Homicide Detective Sailor Doyle worked his first solo case, a gruesome double murder in a remote farmhouse in Virginia. And things turned very nasty for him ...Now Sailor is recuperating with his family at a beach house in Belmar, on the New Jersey shore. He's struggling with prescription drug withdrawal while trying to build up his shattered shoulder and leg, and he's also trying to rebuild his shattered relationship with his wife. Jenny, while pleased he's alive, is less enamoured with the idea of reconciliation. Seeking refuge in a century-old beachfront resort hotel, Sailor meets an elderly man, Mark "Moses" Stillman, a former minor league baseball player whose wife and daughter drowned in the ocean off Belmar years earlier. Sailor's having nightmares about his previous case, and when he starts seeing things again, he realises that once again he's being guided to the truth ... even if it's not what he wants to hear. And it's not long before he finds himself investigating those deaths.

Crime Squad on 15 Miles

"An ingenious mix of American Gothic horror story and forensic investigation, with plot undertones of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction or at least the fear of them, which rattles along at a great pace. Rob Scott proves himself a master of the macabre."

SFX on 15 Miles

"Equal parts Stephen King and Scott Sigler . . . Scott's lightness of touch and unfussy prose deliver unto us a likeable hero, one who it's a dark joy to spend time with. . . . the best kind of ghost story."

About the Author

Rob Scott is the author of 15 Miles and the coauthor of the Eldarn trilogy, which included The Hickory Staff, Lessek's Key, and The Larion Senators. He lives in Haymarket, Virginia.

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