After his "gripping thriller debut?? (Kirkus) Knife Music and sophomore "page turner?? (Examiner.com) The Big Exit, David Carnoy's Detective Hank Madden returns in this bicoastal caper that pits dreams against reality, where nothing can be taken at face value.  Twenty years after the unsolved case of Stacey Walker's disappearance went cold, a Silicone Valley executive hires the retired Menlo Park Police Detective Hank Madden to find her body and track down her missing husband, the prime suspect in her unsolved murder. Four months later, author Candace Epstein is pushed in front of a car near Central Park. Her editor Max Fremmer becomes entangled into the investigation of her attempted murder, though he is adamant that he is uninvolved. As he digs into Candace's background to clear his own name, Fremmer grows suspicious of his client's connection to a nefarious institute for lucid dreaming on the Upper East Side and its staff whose stories never seem to add up-all while an unexpected link emerges to Detective Madden's investigation in California. As similarities arise between the cases on each coast, Detective Madden and Fremmer forge an unlikely partnership to expose what misconduct lurks beneath the façade of the Lucidity Center-but can they unravel the secret that links their investigations together in time, or are they only dreaming? Carnoy's Lucidity stuns with complex detail that will keep readers guessing until the final, satisfying jolt.
A missing person and an attempted murder lead investigators to a shady scientific institute in this "dark and twisted thriller" (The Oklahoman).
It's been twenty years since Stacey Walker disappeared, and the case has gone cold. But Menlo Park Police Detective Hank Madden has just been hired to heat it up again by a Silicon Valley executive who wants her body-and her missing husband-found.
Four months later, on the opposite coast, author Candace Epstein is pushed in front of a car near Central Park. Her editor, Max Fremmer, becomes entangled in the investigation and starts digging into Candace's background-growing increasingly suspicious about her connection to an Upper East Side institute that claims to research lucid dreaming. Especially since its staff's stories never seem to add up...
Then an unexpected link emerges to Detective Madden's investigation in California. As similarities arise between the cases, Detective Madden and Fremmer forge an unlikely partnership to expose what misconduct lurks beneath the façade of the Lucidity Center-but can they unravel the secret that links their investigations in time, or are they only dreaming? This stunning thriller will keep you guessing until the final, satisfying jolt.
"Spellbinding... a standout." -Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Carnoy weaves the two cases together in an artful manner." -The Oklahoman
"One powerhouse of a novel." -Allison Leotta, author of The Last Good Girl
"A tour de force... captures you from the very first page." -Harlan Coben, author of The Match
