A Killer in the Wind, Andrew Klavan
A Killer in the Wind, Andrew Klavan
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A Killer in the Wind

Author: Andrew Klavan

Narrator: Andrew Klavan

Unabridged: 8 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/08/2013

Synopsis

Three years ago, working vice for the NYPD, Dan Champion uncovered a sex slavery ring run by a kingpin known only as the Fat Woman. Obsessed with bringing her down, Champion infiltrated a world of sexual obsession and perversity. He broke the case, but the case also broke him. He started taking drugs and soon began to form hallucinations … a dead child prowling the streets of New York … a beautiful woman named Samantha who would have given him the love he always wanted—if she'd only been real. Now Champion is a small town detective, chasing burglars and juvenile delinquents, hanging out at the local tavern where he is romancing a waitress. The ghosts and hallucinations are finally behind him as he begins to rebuild his life. Then one night Champion is called to examine the body of a woman who has washed ashore. Yet when he looks at her face, he sees that it's Samantha, the woman he dreamed about long ago … a woman who doesn't exist. Suddenly, Champion is haunted again, only this time it's by a team of expert killers who want to make sure he never finds the truth: the truth about the dead child who wanders through his imagination; the truth about the lover who inhabits his dreams; and the truth about a killer who has been on the run—in the wind—for a lifetime. The ghosts of the dead are all around him, and Champion has to find out who murdered them, fast, or he could become one of them himself.

About Andrew Klavan

Andrew Klavan is an award-winning writer, screenwriter, and media commentator. An internationally bestselling novelist and two-time Edgar Award-winner, he is also the host of a popular podcast on DailyWire.com, The Andrew Klavan Show. His work has been made into films starring Clint Eastwood, Michael Douglas, and Michael Caine. His essays on politics, religion, and culture have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on August 29, 2015

I picked this book up at the library because the story piqued my interest. The author is also a two-time Edgar Award winner. It's about a disgraced mentally unstable NYPD cop (Dan Champion) who is determined to uncover a criminal empire run by a kingpin only known as The Fat Woman. Klavan has some gr......more

Goodreads review by Bonnie on December 09, 2012

This very well-written mystery contains a sense of eerie other-worldliness from the beginning. It goes from the present to the past in time, telling the story of Dan Champion, ex NYPD vice detective. He is now working in a small NY town called Tyler, having been fired from NYPD for killing an unarme......more

Goodreads review by Justine on August 25, 2021

I am growing increasingly fond of Andrew Klavan's thrillers. A Killer in the Wind is a novel of the tricks of memory and how even what we cannot remember shapes us in indelible ways. Dan Champion is a New York detective sent down to small town digs when his biggest big city case abruptly ends in his......more

Goodreads review by Gloria on January 12, 2013

There is a long history of hard-boiled detectives, but Dan Champion is unlike any of them in this eerie novel. To begin with, he doesn’t know who he is. Specifically, he has wiped from memory his early childhood and the experiences he underwent. However, he became a top-notch homicide detective with......more

Goodreads review by Jordyn on March 03, 2013

I was interested in reading Andrew's work because he'd been nominated five times and twice won the Edgar Award. Mr. Klavan does not disappoint. A Killer in the Wind is the story of detective Dan Champion and his obsession with a criminal known as the Fat Woman. Little does he know that their stories......more

Quotes

“The most original American novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich.” Stephen King, praise for the author

“After reading his latest, A Killer in the Wind I came away convinced that Klavan is worthy to be mentioned with Keith Ablow, Jonathan Kellerman, Andrew Vachss, James Patterson, and even Stephen King.” Huntington News

“This taut, frightening psychological thriller from Edgar winner Klavan charts the efforts of Dan Champion, a deputy in Tyler, NY, to find a criminal who may not exist…The edgy story complements a lead character whose fragile memory can’t always separate the real from the imaginary.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Evokes the gritty classics of Cornell Woolrich and Jim Thompson while spinning its own brand of hard-boiled psychological suspense. Among its other distinctions, this book gives us a detective who is tough enough to outlast the most bizarre encounters but isn’t too tough to be gripped with fear.” Kirkus Reviews

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