Telling A Thumper

"A THRILLING MYSTERY...WRITTEN WITH AFFECTION, CHARM, AND INTELLIGENCE." - The BookLife Prize for Fiction

"...ENERGETIC DRAMA INTRICATELY CAPTURES THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF A YOUNG MAN'S BLINDNESS AND...OBSTACLES THAT TRULY TEST THE METTLE OF THIS LIKABLE LEAD." - Kirkus Reviews

"AN ENCHANTING, EXCITING, AND HEARTWARMING READ...WILL KEEP READERS GUESSING RIGHT UP TO THE FINAL PAGE." - IndieReader

"THE ENDING IS SHOCKING, THE PERFECT CULMINATION FOR THIS ELECTRIC STORY." - BookLife (Publishers Weekly)


A blind teenager helps a misplaced ghost unravel his dark past only to confront the chilling truth about his own missing father and the haunting choice between vengeance or justice.

It's 1970, and Colin, blind since birth, is leaving for college -- still devastated by the strange disappearance of his father four years before. He also harbors two present-day burdens: a simmering resentment about his mother's new marriage, and the mysterious arrival of Pete, a peculiar ghost who has revealed himself only to Colin.

Meticulous and old fashioned, Pete appeared shortly after Colin and his mother moved into his new stepfather's house. The ghost -- clearly from another era -- understands nothing about his past nor his curious connection to Colin. With help from his opinionated cousin Katie, Colin slowly unlocks the spirit's darkest secrets, unmasks the hypocrisy of those he loves, and finally discovers the chilling truth about his own missing father.

Entwined in a knot of clever lies with a paranormal punch to the gut, Telling a Thumper keeps raising the stakes while blurring the moral line between vengeance and justice.