Friday, October 13, 2023

Spotlight of All Who Wander by Joe Clifford


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ALL WHO WANDER
JOE CLIFFORD
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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF LISA OF SWELL MEDIA  BOOK PUBLICITY FOR AWARD-WINNING & BEST-SELLING AUTHORS.
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Award-winning author Joe Clifford is back with his new riveting, psychological thriller, ALL WHO WANDER.
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September 5
Square Tire Books
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PRAISE FOR ALL WHO WANDER:

Searing and impressively wrought, All Who Wander gorgeously depicts the ache and strum of the human heart. Clifford’s novel burns by, balancing frustrated relationships, mystery, self-agency and internal conflict with sweeping power and an unforgettable voice. Clifford’s writing grabs you by the shoulders, wrenches you back to life. A highly impactful, exhilarating novel."—Jennifer Maritza McCauley, author of When Trying to Return Home”

"An absolute knockout. Clifford reigns supreme as King of New England Noir with this story of knotty family dynamics played out in the setting of a true crime-type tale. Outstanding in its eye for authenticity and the grittiest, dirtiest detail with every character as well as setting, ALL WHO WANDERS delivers on all fronts."— Emily Carpenter, bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and Every Single Secret.

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ABOUT ALL WHO WANDER:
 
One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy's car slides off the road in rural Vermont. Her car is discovered. She is not. 
 
Twenty-one years later, Robert Kirby, Brooke's stepbrother, is paid a visit from a young woman (Lily), claiming to be Brooke's daughter. 
 
Since a tumultuous upbringing, Robert, formerly known as "Bobby," has enjoyed considerable success. Now an esteemed professor at a private Upstate New York university, Robert has just received a significant NEH grant. 
 
After Lily's visit, Robert's life is upended.
 
His wife Stephanie reveals she is unhappy in the marriage and takes their teenage son to visit her sister in PA. 
 
Brooke's former best friend, Aaron Reardon, still devastated from Brooke's disappearance, offers to help. 
 
And forever lurking in the background is Mike Rakowski, Brooke's ex, a possessive, abusive drug addict.
 
As Robert's world unravels, he revisits that night twenty-one years ago where everything went wrong, unearthing a horrible, bone-chilling secret. 
 
In the vein of Simone St. James' Sun Down Motel and other female-driven domestic psychological thrillers today, ALL WHO WANDER mines the depths of past transgression, begging the question: do past sin automatically negate future happiness?

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

After spending the 1990s as a homeless heroin addict in San Francisco, Joe Clifford got off the streets and turned his life around. 

He earned his MFA from Florida International University in 2008, before returning to the Bay Area, where he currently lives with his wife and two sons. 

His memoir, Junkie Love, chronicles his battle with drugs and was first published in 2010 and re-released in 2018. 

He is the author of the award-winning Jay Porter Thriller Series, as well as several standalone including The One That Got Away, The Lakehouse, The Shadow People and Say My Name.

His bestselling Jay Porter Thriller Series (Oceanview Publishing) has received rave reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. 

Joe is also editor of Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Stories Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen and Just to Watch Him Die: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Johnny Cash. 

Currently, Joe teaches online writing courses for FIU, as well as around the country at various conferences and retreats (or frankly anywhere someone will pay him).

Learn more at www.JoeClifford.com
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