FINAL STROKE

by Michael Beres

Retired government agents clinging to a decades-old secret. The mysterious death of a right-brain stroke victim with mob ties. A detective with a left-brain stroke who suspects murder. The detective's wife, desperate to help her husband connect to his past. A rehabilitation facility nicknamed Hell in the Woods. The mob, family legacy, health care scams, national politics, and federal agents authorized to commit murder—all zeroing in on a rehabilitation facility? The ultimate in stroke rehab—figure it out, or die trying. Final Stroke

466 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2023

About the author

Michael is a Chicago native living in West Michigan. With degrees in computer science and literature, he held a Q-clearance position at Argonne National Laboratory, and later documented analytical software.

His novels include Grand Traverse, an environmental thriller; The President's Nemesis, compared to The Manchurian Candidate by Library Journal; and Final Stroke, about a detective with a stroke.

His latest, Chernobyl Murders, is based on the 1986 disaster. The Chicago Tribune said "Chernobyl Murders is a page-turner of the highest order: from the compelling characterization to the vividly described landscape of a devastated Ukraine to the stunning cover art, Beres has penned himself a winner."
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