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Person Unknown
Life is going great for Steve Harrison. Only thirty-five years old, he’s already a Senior Vice President for a major financial firm. He’s admired by his co-workers, his friends, his wife—and his mistress. There’s nothing he can’t handle. The world, as they say, is his oyster.
And all of that is about to change.
His phone rings and the caller says that his name is “Bill”. That’s it. Just Bill. And Bill’s got a message. Steve’s wife, Kathy, has been kidnapped. If Steve wants her back then he’ll do exactly what he’s told. Deviate even the slightest from the plan, Bill tells him, and Kathy will die.
It’s a classic kidnap.
Or is it?
Praise for PERSON
“Dark and fast-paced, Person Unknown by Michael Penncavage has enough twists and turns to give you whiplash. Read it!” —Robert Swartwood, USA Today bestselling author of The Serial Killer’s Wife
And all of that is about to change.
His phone rings and the caller says that his name is “Bill”. That’s it. Just Bill. And Bill’s got a message. Steve’s wife, Kathy, has been kidnapped. If Steve wants her back then he’ll do exactly what he’s told. Deviate even the slightest from the plan, Bill tells him, and Kathy will die.
It’s a classic kidnap.
Or is it?
Praise for PERSON
“Dark and fast-paced, Person Unknown by Michael Penncavage has enough twists and turns to give you whiplash. Read it!” —Robert Swartwood, USA Today bestselling author of The Serial Killer’s Wife
272 pages, Paperback
Published October 7, 2021
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About the author
Michael Penncavage
41 books5 followersMichael Penncavage’s story, “The Cost of Doing Business” originally appeared in Thuglit, Issue 24 and won a 2008 Derringer Award for best mystery. He has been an Associate Editor for Space and Time Magazine as well as the Editor of the horror/suspense anthology, Tales From a Darker State. One of his stories has recently been filmed as a short movie. Fiction of his can be found in approximately 60 magazines and anthologies from 3 different countries such as Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine in the USA, Here and Now in England, Crime Factory in Australia.
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November 27, 2021
A clever thriller that keeps you guessing but never pulls the rug out from under you or insults your intelligence. Its protagonist is a James M. Cain antihero for the 21st Century — arrogant, up to no good and entirely unreliable, until he isn’t. The story is an allegory for the illusory and ephemeral nature of control where a “master of the universe” whose sneer of cold command is methodically dismantled until he literally cannot control *anything* — even whether he is conscious or unconscious.
The characters are true, the cruelty is delicious, and the ironies are stark. A dynamite ride from start to finish.
The characters are true, the cruelty is delicious, and the ironies are stark. A dynamite ride from start to finish.
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