THE GHOST DETECTIVE By Thomas Kennedy Lowenstein

June 8, 2010 - PRLog -- In the closing months of the 20th century, James McParland arrives in Boston to seek redemption. One hundred years earlier, he had joined The Pinkerton Agency and had quickly become its top detective—a man so feared by his opponents that they often committed suicide rather than fall into his hands. Although dead for more than eighty years, McParland’s reputation as “The Great Detective” preceded him as he reappears determined to earn eternal peace by helping the souls of those he tormented in life whose ghosts still walk among the living.
         
Far from just a ghost story, THE GHOST DETECTIVE is a superbly written thriller that propels the reader back and forth across centuries as human spirits collide with the spirit world in a tale of redemption, reconciliation, and the quest for everlasting peace.

“Thomas Lowenstein's The Ghost Detective is at once a brilliant work of fiction and an illuminating exploration of the truths that elude us in life and, perhaps, in death as well. With stark and powerful prose, this stunning first novel evokes an era beyond living memory, where the dead walk restlessly and the living search for meaning. Deftly shuttling the reader between centuries, Lowenstein's themes -- redemption, faith, honor and justice -- inform a compelling narrative filled with richly drawn characters that come vividly to life -- even after they're dead. With subtlety and grace, Thomas Lowenstein has created a fascinating world where life and death coexist without fear. This is a novel where those of us who still struggle for meaning in the madness can now find just a glimpse of hope.  

The Ghost Detective will haunt you long after you've read it; the only mystery is why you haven't already.”

-- David Bender, Host of: "Ring of Fire Radio;" Author of: "The Confession of O.J. Simpson: A Work of Fiction" and "Stand and Be Counted” (with David Crosby).  


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Kennedy Lowenstein is a writer, journalist, editor, and policy strategist. With a special interest in helping those wrongly convicted of a crime and in campaigning against the death penalty, he has worked tirelessly to focus attention on inequities in the American criminal justice system. Born in New York, educated in Boston, Mr. Lowenstein now lives in New Orleans with his wife and daughter. THE GHOST DETECTIVE is his first novel.

In recognition of the need to shine a spotlight on the injustices in the American criminal judicial system, Thomas Kennedy Lowenstein and Stay Thirsty Publishing have partnered with the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to the release of those wrongly imprisoned for a crime they did not commit. The author and the publisher will jointly donate 50 cents from the sale of every digital copy of THE GHOST DETECTIVE to support this worthy cause.


THE GHOST DETECTIVE will be published by Stay Thirsty Publishing in June 2010 as an Amazon Kindle book.

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