The Ballad of D.J. Stabler
A man traumatized as a child – and as an adult – writes a best-selling memoir and then vanishes.
Psychologist KELLY HARRIS reports close friend and former client, D.J. “JEFF” STABLER, missing after his best-selling memoir goes viral. Police discover a gruesome scene in his vandalized home, but fail to find a body or solve the case. Five years later the courts declare him dead and Kelly receives a copy of D.J.’s book with an inscription only he could’ve written.
Kirkus Reviews had this to say about the completed manuscript:
“This is an ambitiously complex narrative that the author completely pulls off—the story is split between DJ’s first-person memoir and a third-person account of Kelly’s search for him, and both strands are emotionally wrenching. … Without indulging in an excess of luridness, Atreides unflinchingly paints a chilling picture of childhood abuse and domestic violence, and the wounds both leave. … A moving account of abuse and the difficulty of recovery.” ~~ Kirkus Reviews
Most authors are working on multiple projects. How we manage to keep the characters and story arcs from bleeding over is a mystery, the resolution for which we shall not share with the public; other than to say, if you suspect we’re a little bit “off” you’d be very close to the truth!
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