Mirrored: A Keone Boyd Mystery

by Rick Ludwig

Maui police detective Keone Boyd picks up his shiny new Morgan Roadster dockside in Kahului, savoring the freedom it represents. Meticulous accountant Sam Loftus encounters something on his drive home from work that challenges his ordered view of the world. When these two paths cross in a complex web of police investigation, delusion, drug trafficking, cutting-edge science, and complex human relationships, both men are drawn to one amazing woman. By the end of this bizarre experience, each will question what is real. If right is left, what can you believe?

275 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 14, 2014

About the author

James R. (Rick) Ludwig, Ph.D. spent over forty years in the academic, health care, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. Rick also maintained a writer’s journal since his junior year in high school and populated it with short stories, poetry, and essays throughout his career.
Although a published author of multiple scientific papers and book chapters, writing for a popular audience presented a unique challenge. Rick spent the first year of his retirement, converting all of his writings, including his journal, to digital format. Since then, he has written full-time and self-published two novels. Mirrored (2014) and Something More (2015).
More recently Rick has had three of his books published by Babylon Books: Eyes of the Beholder (2022), and Voice of the Victim (2023). Soul of a Sleuth (2024). the last one will be available on August 13, 2024 and the eBook can be pre-ordered now..
Rick participated in the 2009 Hawai’i Writers Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, served as Volunteer Coordinator for the 2013 Aloha Writers Conference in Kapalua, Maui, and attended best-selling author William Martin’s Retreat workshop during that conference. Rick participated in best-selling author William Bernhardt’s Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and advanced writers’ workshops between 2010 and 2014.
Rick has presented seminars at the Rose State Writers Workshop (2015); the Red Sneaker Writers Workshop (2018); and at WriterCon (2021, 2022) in Oklahoma City. Rick will representing a new seminar at WriterCon 2024 "Creating Mystery: Posing Questions Your Readers Want Answered" on Sunday, September 2, 2024
Rick is married with two grown children and he and his wife Christy divide their time between Maui, Hawai’i and Southern California.

Reviews

[Laurie Hanan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rick Ludwig’s first novel doesn’t fit into any box. Set in the author’s lush, tropical home of Maui, Mirrored appears at first to be a police procedural slash mystery. But read further and you will see it is so much more. Readers will be drawn into the realistic characters’ lives - their fears, desires, and romantic entanglements. The ending will astound, provoke thought, stretch the imagination, and challenge readers to ask, “What if…?” I hope we’ll be treated to many more works by this author!