Waking Hours

East Salem is a quiet town with a history older than the United States, and something in it is slightly wrong. The supernatural seeps into ordinary life there, and now a high school girl has been found dead in the town park.

Forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris wants answers. The suspects are all teenagers who attended a party with the victim the night before. Each of them woke the next morning with no memory of what happened, yet the evidence places every one of them at the scene of the crime.

Tommy Gunderson, a former professional linebacker and the town's local celebrity, is drawn to the case. He is also drawn to Dani, who he last spoke to on a single date back in high school, long ago. His fame opens doors that stay shut to her, so the two form an awkward alliance.

As they dig, it becomes clear that the murder is only part of the puzzle. The evil behind it may not be an ordinary human killer. This is a murder mystery with a supernatural undercurrent, set in a small town where the strange sits close to the surface.