Corrupted Memory

When computer hacker Tucker is told that a dead man is lying outside his Boston home, he's shocked to discover that the body looks just like his father...who died fifteen years ago. Tucker soon learns the terrible truth: the dead man is a half-brother he never knew he had. Determined to find answers, Tucker tracks down his father's second family.

But Tucker's first impressions of his long-lost relatives are spoiled when dark family secrets begin to emerge. Unresolved issues torment Tucker while he struggles to discover his place among his newfound kin. As he digs deeper into the murder and the family's hidden life, Tucker becomes trapped in a dangerous scheme, and there may be no way out.

Praise:

"Compulsively readable...Against a meticulously detailed Boston background, the likable but undisciplined Tucker lurches from one crisis to the next."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Crisp writing, an engaging plot, and well-drawn characters make this...a corker of a mystery. Fans of Boston crime writers Dennis Lehane, Jeremiah Healy, and Hank Phillippi Ryan will delight in picking up this new series."―Library Journal (starred review)

"A fast-paced crime thriller with an engaging narrator, quirky characters, and explosive secrets...4 stars."―Suspense Magazine

"Excellent and suspenseful."―Crimespree Magazine

"A taut novel of high tech and high drama played out against a backdrop of family dysfunction and government intrigue."―Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author of Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot

"[A] soulful hero."―Kirkus Reviews

Ray Daniel (Framingham, MA) writes first-person, wisecracking, Boston-based crime fiction. His story Driving Miss Rachel (published in Blood Moon by Level Best Books) was chosen as a 2013 distinguished short story by Otto Penzler, editor of The Best American Mystery Stories 2013. Daniel's work has been published in the Level Best Books anthologies Thin Ice, Blood Moon, and Stone Cold. Terminated is Ray Daniel's first novel. For more information, visit him online at raydanielmystery.com/.