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Two young lovers. A sultry summer night. One brutal, cold-blooded murder. In this stunning, atmospheric thriller, Brian Freeman takes you deep into Detective Jonathan Stride’s complicated past.
It’s the case that has haunted Stride for thirty years. During the summer after his junior year of high school, he fell in love with beautiful Cindy Starr, the girl who would become his wife. But on the Fourth of July, the same night that Jonny and Cindy cemented their love, Cindy’s older sister Laura was savagely murdered. The police suspected a vagrant of committing the crime, but no one was ever arrested, and the case was closed.
Now, Laura’s best friend Tish Verdure has returned to Duluth to write a book about Laura’s death. Tish knows hidden truths that a lot of people would like to keep hidden, including information about Cindy that leave Stride questioning his entire past. When a young girl is found drowned in the St. Louis River and a witness to the original murder attempts suicide, Stride realizes that the violence of the past is spilling over into the present.
As he unearths the explosive events that led to Laura’s murder, Stride discovers that the ripples of her death changed everyone’s lives, including his own. Can Stride put to rest the ghosts of his past, or will they devour him whole?
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About Brian Freeman
Brian Freeman is an internationally bestselling American author best known for his psychological thrillers, crime novels, and suspenseful detective series. His fiction combines intricate mysteries, emotionally complex characters, atmospheric settings, and unexpected revelations that challenge readers to question what they believe about the people involved. Freeman is particularly recognized for the Jonathan Stride and Frost Easton series, as well as his novels continuing the Jason Bourne franchise originally created by Robert Ludlum. His stories frequently explore hidden motives, unreliable appearances, personal secrets, and the difficult moral choices that emerge when an investigation uncovers uncomfortable truths. Readers searching for Brian Freeman books will find gripping psychological suspense, police procedurals, crime fiction, and fast-paced thrillers that combine investigative detail with intense human drama.
Writing Career and Literary Success
Brian Freeman developed a successful writing career by focusing on mysteries that combine carefully constructed plots with believable characters and vivid locations. His debut novel, Immoral, introduced readers to the world of detective Jonathan Stride and established Freeman as a writer to watch in the crime fiction genre. The novel received the Macavity Award for Best First Novel and was nominated for several other major mystery awards. Freeman subsequently expanded his fictional worlds through additional detective novels, standalone thrillers, and stories featuring different investigators. His work demonstrates a particular interest in the hidden psychological forces behind criminal behavior, including jealousy, resentment, ambition, fear, and the desire to protect a damaging secret. This approach makes his stories appealing to readers who enjoy mysteries in which understanding a character's motives is just as important as discovering the facts of the crime.
The Jonathan Stride Series
The Jonathan Stride series is one of Brian Freeman's best-known collections of crime novels. Set largely in Duluth, Minnesota, the series follows detective Jonathan Stride as he investigates murders, disappearances, and cases involving deeply concealed personal histories. The cold northern setting contributes to the atmosphere of the stories, while the investigations reveal complicated relationships and unexpected connections between victims, suspects, and witnesses. The series begins with Immoral and continues with titles including Stripped, Stalked, In the Dark, The Burying Place, The Cold Nowhere, Goodbye to the Dead, Marathon, Alter Ego, and Funeral for a Friend. Each novel introduces a new investigative challenge while developing the characters and relationships that connect the series. Readers who enjoy following a recurring detective through increasingly complicated cases can explore these books in publication order for a fuller...Read More