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(18) Nocturnal

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Title:  Nocturnal: A Novel by Scott Sigler Publisher: Broadway 576 pages Genre: Horror/Mystery Synopsis:  Homicide detective Bryan Clauser is losing his mind. How else to explain the dreams he keeps having—dreams that mirror, with impossible accuracy, the gruesome serial murders taking place all over San Francisco? How else to explain the  feelings  excitement? As Bryan and his longtime partner, Lawrence “Pookie” Chang, investigate the murders, they learn that things are even stranger than they at first seem. For the victims are all enemies of a seemingly ordinary young boy—a boy who is gripped by the same dreams that haunt Bryan.  Meanwhile, a shadowy vigilante, seemingly armed with superhuman powers, is out there killing the killers.  And Bryan and Pookie’s superiors—from the mayor on down—seem strangely eager to keep the detectives from discovering the truth.  Doubting his own sanity and stripped of his badge, Bryan begins to suspect th...

Teaser Tuesday 3/19/13

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! •  Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  ( make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! ) •  Share the  title & author , too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! My teaser Tuesday is from:   Nocturnal: A Novel by Scott Sigler "Bryan ran south on Van Ness, the six lanes of sporadic 3:00 am traffic moving along on his right. What few pedestrians there were got the hell out of his way - a black-clad, sprinting man with a Sig Sauer in his hand and blood streaming from his forehead didn't exactly court conversation."