13:24: A Story of Faith and Obsession - Softcover

Hickmon, M Dolon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991106601 ISBN 13: 9780991106608

Publisher: Rehoboam Press, 2014

Synopsis

"Love, hope, betrayal, murder—13:24 has all the standard components of a great murder mystery, pulling you into several concurrent story lines as you puzzle out how all of the pieces will fit together in the end. And it does that oh, so well. But, as with all good books, 13:24 has a twist—and it’s that twist that truly pushes it over the edge into a fantastic read.” — Games Fiends

Honored with a Starred Review in Publishers Weekly’s Best Books Annual Issue

Detective William Hursel has worked countless murder cases, staring down the cruelest deeds humanity has to offer. But nothing prepares him for the evil he’ll uncover while pursuing 14-year-old Chris, a suspect in the brutal rage-killing of his own mother. While neighbors focus on Chris’s odd obsession with the violent, blasphemous heavy metal band, Rehoboam, Hursel suspects a deeper motive — a hunch that is confirmed when Chris’s second victim is discovered.

An Amazon Best Seller in Vigilante Justice Thrillers

Chris wanted a dad — and he thought he’d found one in Andrew. Charming and successful, Andrew swept Chris’s mother off of her feet. But Andrew’s architecture firm conceals a vile secret. When Chris discovers the depths of Andrew’s evil and realizes the truth of his own mother’s involvement, he sets off on a bloody path of justice and revenge. Pursued by police and threatened by powerful criminals, Chris races toward a life-or-death confrontation with his ultimate target.

Hundreds of 5-Star Ratings on Goodreads

Meanwhile, Rehoboam’s lead singer, Josh, thinks he may finally be ready to take the next step in his relationship with the band’s fiery female drummer. But when news of Chris’s crime spree triggers flashbacks of a harsh, fundamentalist upbringing, Josh finds his glamorous penthouse life unexpectedly interrupted. Linked to Detective Hursel’s investigation by his cryptic responses to Chris’s fan-club letters, Josh must eventually choose between clearing his name and keeping the secrets of his past.

"a shocking blitzkrieg of murder, conspiracy, and child abuse" — Publishers Weekly

"intensely involving as the plot hastens to its climax” — Kirkus Reviews

"succeeded in unnerving me" — Darkness Beckons

"a hard-hitting, emotionally charged crime story" — Midwest Book Review

"Riveting and appropriately disturbing from cover to cover" — San Francisco Book Review

"doesn't let go till the end" – Fresh Fiction

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Review:

From Kirkus Reviews

March 1, 2014 Issue: Hickmon’s taut, gripping fiction debut journeys into a world of subversive rock-and-roll, dark perversions and deep emotional scars. . . .Hickmon weaves these separate plots together with an unforced ease, as when he effectively portrays Rehoboam’s struggling early years in well-deployed flashbacks. The narrative’s lean, unadorned prose becomes intensely involving as the plot hastens to its climax”--Kirkus Reviews

 

From the Midwest Book Review

March 2014 Issue: 13:24 – A Story of Faith and Obsession is truly a complex and multi-faceted novel. To call it a crime story would be simplistic: woven within the plot are insights on obsessive behavior patterns, how music can provide subliminal impulses toward destructive actions, and how even religion can provoke a turn to the dark side of death and destruction. The characters are varied, with plausible motivations, often deeply rooted in their pasts. Through their actions, reactions and decisions, an absorbing Biblical mythology comes to life within a modern underworld of human trafficking. . . . Also at stake are beliefs and interactions between secular psychologists, their patients, and lives changed by death, faith, and abuse. It is a story about lifetimes of fear, plots of revenge, and reactions to messages begun in early years; but it is also about choices made along the way. . . . For some readers, this account of obsession, abuse, and redemption could strike too close to home; but those who want a hard-hitting, emotionally charged crime story should place this near the top of their reading list. 13:24′s emotional impact is solid and compelling, dark though it is, and it will keep readers guessing about all the connections and results right up to the blistering conclusion.--D. Donovan, e-book reviewer, Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Rehoboam Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0991106601
• ISBN 13: 9780991106608
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376