Head Case

"Wiley keeps the twists coming"
Publishers Weekly on Trouble in Mind

"Sam Kelson, the PI star of this thorny novel, takes the damaged-detective trope to a new level . Sure to satisfy"
Booklist on Trouble in Mind

"A violent mystery that introduces a singular character guided by his sometimes twisted thoughts"
Library Journal on Trouble in Mind

"Like your noir pitch-black? So does Wiley"
Kirkus Reviews on Monument Road

About the author

Michael Wiley was brought up in Chicago, and now teaches creative writing and literature at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. As well as the Franky Dast thrillers, he is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Chicago-based Joe Kozmarski PI series, the Daniel Turner thrillers, and the Sam Kelson mysteries. His first Franky Dast thriller, Monument Road, was nominated for the 2018 Shamus Best PI Novel Award and the Sam Kelson mystery, Head Case, was nominated for the same award in 2022.

Summary

While in the hospital recuperating from a gunshot wound, Chicago PI Sam Kelson is approached by a nurse who's troubled by three recent deaths - patients who died when they shouldn't have. Has someone been killing patients? As Kelson digs deeper, he comes to realize that someone is determined to prevent him finding out the truth. Whatever it takes.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Wiley, Wiley Michael
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780727889836
• ISBN: 978-0-7278-8983-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: A Sam Kelson mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Chicago, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Illinois, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives