Echoes of Dennis Lehane's Shutter Island: Publisher's Weekly. Readers will receive two shocks; the spin from mystery-suspense to sci fi, and then the identity of the killer. : The Mystery Gazette Isolated during a severe winter storm in 1959, the small community of Dunston Falls in northern Maine is completely cut off from the rest of the state. When town residents begin to experience strange occurrences such as unexplained migraines and hallucinations, the stage is set for a brutal killer to begin his handiwork. When Sheriff David Peck investigates the murders of two women, he slowly unravels the secrets behind Dunston Falls. As Peck closes in on the truth that lies in the heart of the town, he finds himself thrown into a dangerous web of deception. In a dramatic twist of circumstance, Peck finds that he is now the hunted and must do whatever he can to stay alive and expose the shocking truth behind the small town.

John Tibbets is not just another homeless man living in New York?s Bowery. He also suffers from advanced amnesia and has no idea how he arrived at the homeless shelter. While wandering the streets one summer night and acting on unknown instincts and with the fighting skills of a Navy Seal he saves the life of a police officer. While recovering at the hospital, he becomes the toast of the town and a media darling. Uncomfortable with the sudden attention, he discreetly leaves the hospital late one night to return to the seclusion of the shelter. Tibbets? solitude is short lived, however, when a group of mysterious men arrive intent on killing him. Forced to run for his life and living off his wits, Tibbets must fight not only the men pursuing him, but to regain his memory and unlock the deadly secrets tucked away inside his mind.