The Blinds

Guilt, memory, and redemption swirl through this inventive science-fiction-based thriller from Edgar-finalist Adam Sternbergh.

Welcome to The Blinds, a dusty town in rural Texas populated by people plucked from their lives, with their memories altered, who've been granted new identities and a second chance. For eight years, Sheriff Calvin Cooper has kept an uneasy peace - but after a suicide and a murder in quick succession, the town's residents revolt. Cooper has his own secrets to protect, so when his new deputy starts digging, he needs to keep one step ahead of her - and the mysterious outsiders who threaten to tear the whole place down. The more he learns, the more the hard truth is revealed: The Blinds is no sleepy hideaway, it's simmering with violence and deception, heartbreak and betrayal, and it's fit to burst.

"Adam Sternbergh tops my list of drop-everything-and-read novelists." GREGG HURWITZ