And in the Name of the Son: Story 24 in the Tales of Suspense Series

Portland, 1954. By day, Francine Avery is the picture of poise, penning etiquette columns for Charm magazine. By night, she is a hunter stalking a ghost in the rain.

Three months ago, Francine’s world was shattered when a Green Jaguar struck her six-year-old son, Mikey, and sped away, leaving him in the street. Now, as the police file the case away as an unsolved tragedy, Francine’s grief has hardened into a cold, jagged resolve. The sympathy cards are ignored and the prayers are discarded. In the silence of her empty home, she isn’t writing about spring place settings anymore.

Armed with a Smith-Corona typewriter and a growing “morgue file” of suspects, Francine is conducting her own investigation. She searches for the driver who stole her future, transforming from a grieving mother into a vigilante with nothing left to lose. She doesn’t want an apology. She wants an eye for an eye. And in the Name of the Son is a harrowing psychological thriller about the thin line between love and madness, exploring how far a mother will go to balance the scales of justice when the law fails her.

Perfect for fans of the atmospheric noir of Dennis Lehane and the psychological depth of Stephen King, this novel will also appeal to readers who devour the complex female protagonists found in Gillian Flynn’s work. If you were captivated by the relentless pursuit of justice in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri or the 1950s tension of Patricia Highsmith, Francine Avery’s descent into the darkness of vengeance will keep you turning pages late into the night.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.