Pulse: A Novel - Softcover

Harvey, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062443046 ISBN 13: 9780062443045

Publisher: Ecco, 2019

Synopsis

“Looking for a terrific read? I highly recommend PULSE. . .  It's a story to get lost in.” —Stephen King

“Harvey’s lethal imagination is cranked to eleven in this one . . . his best yet by far.  Superb!”
   — Lee Child

The story of a Boston murder that defies all expectations—optioned for film by 21 Laps, the company behind Stranger Things and Arrival

Boston, 1976. In a small apartment above Kenmore Square, sixteen-year-old Daniel Fitzsimmons is listening to his landlord describe a seemingly insane theory about invisible pulses of light and energy that can be harnessed by the human mind. He longs to laugh with his brother Harry about it, but Harry doesn’t know he’s there—he would never approve of Daniel living on his own. None of that matters, though, because the next night Harry, a Harvard football star, is murdered in an alley.

Detectives “Bark” Jones and Tommy Dillon are assigned to the case. The veteran partners thought they’d seen it all, but they are stunned when Daniel wanders into the crime scene. Even stranger, Daniel claims to have known the details of his brother’s murder before it ever happened. The subsequent investigation leads the detectives deep into the Fitzsimmons brothers’ past. They find heartbreaking loss, sordid characters, and metaphysical conspiracies. Even on the rough streets of 1970s Boston, Jones and Dillon have never had a case like this.

Pulse is a novel laced with real danger and otherworldly twists—a master class by an endlessly gifted writer.

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From the Back Cover

Boston, 1976.  Daniel Fitzsimmons is just sixteen years old and totally on his own—his parents are long dead, and his beloved brother, Harry, is off at Harvard, the star of the football team. When Harry is murdered, Daniel wrestles not only with inconsolable grief but with strange new powers he never knew he possessed. Powers he’s not sure he can control.

Detectives “Bark” Jones and Tommy Dillon are assigned to Harry’s case. The veteran partners thought they’d seen it all, but they are stunned when Daniel wanders into the crime scene. Even stranger, Daniel claims to have known the details of his brother’s murder before it ever happened. The investigation leads the detectives deep into the Fitzsimmons brothers’ own past. They find heartbreaking loss, sordid characters, and metaphysical conspiracies. Even on the rough streets of 1970s Boston, Jones and Dillon have never had a case like this.

About the Author

Michael Harvey is the author of seven previous novels, including Brighton and The Chicago Way. He’s also a journalist and documentarian whose work has won multiple News & Documentary Emmys, two Primetime Emmy nominations, and an Academy Award nomination. Raised in Boston, he now lives in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0062443046
• ISBN 13: 9780062443045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400