When a sinkhole freakishly erupts, the decaying remains of a young woman surface. Homicide detectives are forced to dig ever more deeply along twisted, dangerous paths into the past. Their journey makes for a haunting, teeth-grinding tale. Continue reading...
A Long Way From Eden is planned as the first novel in the Adam Templeton series. Find out more »
Almost all the characters and events are based on real characters or events. Call it drawing on life, or on research, it comes to the same end. A close observer of the Sun Coast will think that he knows every town and building in the book, but it will still be fiction. It's like any good story: the end should be anticipated but still carry the full impact of surprise.
A Long Way From Eden tries to do that. I hope the people, place, and suspense hold the reader to the end and to the heart.
David Chacko