World of Trouble (The Last Policeman Book, #3)

by Ben H. Winters

The first time we met he shot me in the head with an electric staple gun, but our relationship has evolved in the subsequent months.

“September is the queen of months.

it’s really me—anytime I hear a voice telling me to do something, Detective Culverson’s mild voice, or my mom’s or my dad’s or Fenton’s or Trish McConnell’s. At a certain point you have to concede to yourself that it’s just you out here.