Ripples: A Berlin Evers Novel

by Laura Hetzel

Eight years have passed since the summer of the Clarion Slasher. Berlin Evers , accused of the murders of four men and the attempted murder of two others, including a judge, has just been released from the state criminal psychiatric hospital on a technicality.
Detective Brian Malloy, who had led the task force to capture the Clarion Slasher, is determined to rebuild his career after being accused of professional incompetence bordering on complicity in the case. Rumors persist that he was in love with Berlin, and that he still is.
Eric Reese is struggling to pick up the pieces of his life as he tries to raise his little sister and fend off curiosity seekers who want to see the Slasher's personal boy toy. Nobody can be trusted except for one person, the only one he is no longer allowed to see.
On a rainy autumn evening, one tragic event transpires that will bring all of them together again in a rescue mission. In the process, they must redefine their identities and accept how their actions can lead to either ruin or redemption.

244 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2015

About the author

Laura Hetzel’s debut novel, Its Own Defense, was published in April, 2013, and has been the subject of newspaper articles in both the Washington/Ozaukee County Daily News and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Hetzel has been published in various literary magazines and has won academic and editorial awards. Hetzel has led seminars on writing and poetry for the Kettle Moraine Writers’ Conference and appeared on their Writers’ Panel. Hetzel currently resides in southeast Wisconsin. She is the author of the Berlin Evers Series: Its Own Defense, Ripples and What the Darkness Fears. Other novels include Breakwall, Neon Neverland, and Wisteria, a southern gothic novel of voodoo and haunted manors in the deep south. Her newest book, Persona, is a collection of her award-winning poetry and short stories.

Reviews

[Iekika Burrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy plot twist, one that I thought was well deserved. Get 'em!