Phantom

by Helen Power

Overview

“. . . twists, laughs, and chills in equal measure.” —Erin Flanagan, Edgar Award-winning author of Deer Season and Blackout

“Gripping, terrifying, and nearly impossible to put down.” —Noelle W. Ihli, author of Ask for Andrea and Run on Red

Would you sell your hand for a million dollars?

Regan “Roz” Osbourne is broke. Her ex-boyfriend won’t take no for an answer, and no one is taking her artwork seriously. So when a mysterious stranger offers her a million dollars and safety from her unstable ex in exchange for her left hand, she can’t afford to refuse.

Immediately following the amputation, she’s racked with insufferable phantom limb pain. Desperate for relief, she enrolls in an experimental drug trial. But this drug has a peculiar side effect—she develops a psychic connection to her missing limb. She soon discovers that Chicago’s long-dormant Phantom Strangler is now wearing her hand and is using it . . . to kill.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744302677
Publisher:	CamCat Publishing
Publication date:	10/08/2024
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	283,515
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Helen Power is obsessed with ghosts. She spends her free time watching paranormal investigation TV shows, hanging out in cemeteries, and telling anyone who’ll listen about her paranormal experiences. She is a librarian living in Saskatoon, Canada, and has several short story publications, including ones in Suspense Magazine and Dark Helix Press’s Canada 150 anthology, “Futuristic Canada”. The Ghosts of Thorwald Place is her first novel.

Editorial Reviews

08/14/2023

Power (The Ghosts of Thorwald Place) mostly impresses with this propulsive, high-concept Faustian thriller. It’s been a year since a Chicago serial killer known as the Phantom Strangler has struck. The city finally believes it might be out of the woods when a woman is strangled shortly after leaving her pastry class one evening. The latest slaying freaks out struggling artist Regan Osbourne, who’s just lost her casino job and is trying to shake off her drug dealer ex-boyfriend, Ben. Desperate for rent money, Regan steals $1,200 from the wallet of a stranger she sleeps with one night, only to have the man, Sylvain Dufour, track her down and offer her a devil’s bargain: Dufour will pay Regan $1 million and make sure Ben is out of the picture if she agrees to sever her left hand and give it to him. Regan eventually agrees, and experiences debilitating phantom pain where her hand used to be. When the pain subsides, she’s suddenly able to sense what her missing hand is doing—and it feels like it might be strangling people. While certain surprises disappoint, Power maintains a breakneck pace, and she sticks the landing. Daniel Palmer fans will enjoy themselves. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

"[This] propulsive, high-concept Faustian thriller . . . maintains a breakneck pace, and [Power] sticks the landing.” —Publishers Weekly

“The horror-thriller PHANTOM delivers twists, laughs, and chills in equal measure.” —Erin Flanagan, Edgar-award winning author of Deer Season and Blackout 
 

“Gripping, terrifying, and nearly impossible to put down. PHANTOM is a thriller to be read with your deadbolt locked.” —Noelle W. Ihli, author of Ask for Andrea and Run on Red 

“Power has crafted a gritty, Faustian crime novel that will suck you in from page one.” —Elle Grawl, author of One of Those Faces

“PHANTOM is a feverish thrill ride you won't soon forget!” —Matt Witten, author of The Necklace 

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