Synopsis
Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Editor’s Choice
Winner of the Literary Titan Gold Book Award
“What a page turner! Witty, literate, scary, sexy, and powerfully evocative.” — Gayle Lynds, New York Times bestselling author
It’s 1982. Steve Witowski was once a hero. Now he’s simply a failed songwriter on the run from everything he once was. Worse, he’s just killed a man—while almost accidentally saving a woman from what seemed to be the strongest, most blood‑thirsty wino in California.
Steve should keep moving. But the woman, Victoria, needs help with the decrepit old church she just bought—once a brothel. And Victoria is beyond stunning. Steve stays—when he should bolt. And Victoria becomes just a part of a mystery he can’t unravel.
Then the impossible happens: the face of the man Steve killed begins to appear—slowly, gradually—on his arm.
Steve’s still trying to believe it’s all just crime, guilt, and bad decisions. Steve’s wrong.
And what starts as a gritty crime story spirals into what noted horror writer David Moody called “a chillingly funny, hot, sweaty, magic‑and‑murder‑infused rollercoaster.” Complete with open crypts, dark spells, sudden death, and forces far more powerful—and far more demonic—than Steve understands.
Where nothing is what it seems. And all that death keeps getting closer.
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About the Author
Barry Maher writes the nationally syndicated Slightly Off-Kilter column and astonishing books like The Great Dick: And the Dysfunctional Demon, a darkly funny, supernatural thriller set in California in 1982. Advance praise calls the book, "impossible to put down," "an absolute blast," "wholly fresh and original," "witty, literate, scary, sexy" and much, much more.
Aside from his writing, Barry has told his stories to audiences all over the country and around the world. His keynotes blend sharp insight with deadpan humor, and his client list is a who's who of leading businesses, associations and government agencies.
Barry himself has been featured on The Today Show, CBS, CNN, CNBC, and in hundreds of publications—everything from The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal to, what he insists is his personal favorite, Funeral Service Insider.
As for his education, he cites, "Four years at Notre Dame, ninety minutes of Graduate Journalism at U.C. Berkeley, and five befuddled weeks at Burger King's Whopper College." He's also been incarcerated twice. Once for not making a left hand turn out of a left hand turn lane, and once for aiding and abetting a loiterer. He remains deeply repentant—primarily about Whopper College.
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