The Unseen

by T. L. Hines

Overview

Lucas is a loner, but he's never alone.

From secret hiding places, he peers into the lives of others—watching them while they work, while they commute, while they sip their morning coffee. He is a master at remaining silent and unseen in his carefully constructed world as an invisible observer.

But when a chance encounter turns the tables, the watcher becomes the watched. Caught up in an escalating series of events he is powerless to stop, Lucas discovers an underground organization with a chilling mission.

Anyone can be watched. No one is safe. And the most terrifying secrets of all remain Unseen.

Until now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595545855
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	07/13/2009
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

T.L. Hines writes "Noir Bizarre" stories, mixing mysteries with oddities in books such asThe Unseen, Waking Lazarus, and The Dead Whisper On. Waking Lazarus received Library Journal's "25 Best Genre Fiction Books of the Year" award.

Editorial Reviews

The author of Waking Lazarus and The Dead Whisper On brings another quirky but mostly successful supernatural thriller. Set in Washington D.C., this bizarre noir digs a hole to the underworld through the sleuthing skills of Lucas Freund, a loner running for his life and seeking a new identity. Hines peeks into the weird and surprisingly sinister world of urban explorers who enjoy the surge of going behind locked doors, in city tunnels, and behind walls in public places. A dark obsession that wars against a strong drive for justice drives Lucas to dig deeper into a group called The Creep Club, which secretly videotapes people in their homes. But the maze is more complex and interconnected to international counterintelligence than he imagines, and when members of the club get killed and he is blamed, he doesn't know whom he can trust. Hines's dialogue is darkly funny as he explores the depths of the human desire for authenticity. Although too many underdeveloped and unsympathetic characters may leave readers wondering who to care about, fans of breathless suspense that's a little off-center will enjoy this.
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Publishers Weekly

In Hines's (Waking Lazarus, The Dead Whisper On) latest supernatural mystery, Lucan Freund is an urban explorer, investigating the hidden areas of city buildings. Then he meets a group of strangers who take this habit to a new level, that of exploring peoples' homes and observing their lives. Freund is coerced to join "The Creep Club," whose members begin to die mysteriously, leaving him the chief suspect.

—Tamara Butler

Library Journal