I love novels where the author (or an author surrogate) becomes part of the story. I am thinking of The Gunslinger by Stephen King, John Dies at the End by David Wong, The Mediterranean Caper by Clive Cussler...even Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. If you like stories that blur the line between fact and fiction, you're going to love the latest novel from Randall Silvis, author of the critically acclaimed Ryan DeMarco Mystery Series.
~Mike O'Mary, LitNuts Cofounder
The Deepest Black
Author Randall Silvis is looking for a story—any story to follow up the series of gripping mystery novels that catapulted him to success. And then, out of nowhere, a story appears. A mysterious stranger named Thomas Kennaday tips Silvis off about a series of murders in a small Pennsylvania town, sending Silvis off on a tentative investigation in hopes of finding material for his next novel.
What Silvis discovers is much more than a typical small-town murder case, and it soon becomes clear that Kennaday, who seems to have disappeared into thin air, is somehow pulling the strings of the investigation from behind the scenes. Based on true events, The Deepest Black is a profoundly thoughtful, unsettling read, and a crime novel unlike any you've ever read before.
From $7.99. Coming August 2, 2022.
About Randall Silvis
"A master storyteller." ~New York Times Book Review
Best known for his literary thrillers, Randall Silvis is the multi-genre author of nineteen novels, three story collections, and two books of creative nonfiction. He is a past winner of the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and his work has been published in more than a hundred editions in several languages.