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Bill Eidson is back with a new thriller set in the Boston area: the story of Ben Harris. Harris is a talented news photographer whose job puts him where the action is—a job that's costing him his marriage and his family. As the novel begins, Harris walks into what could be one of the most visible--and dangerous--shoots of his life. At the request of the FBI, Harris goes in with a television news crew to cover an infamous right-wing extremist who is holding a family hostage. But the fanatic has more than a standard pose in mind, and Harris must intercede or cover a bloody killing. Intercede he does, and he comes out with the photograph, and the unwanted fame of a public hero. For Harris's ex-wife, Ben has taken one risk too many, and she accepts the marriage proposal of the man she has been seeing for the past six months--Harris's editor and boss, Kurt Tattinger. For the sake of his two children, Harris swallows his pride and offers his hand in friendship to Tattinger. Then tragedy strikes. While driving Harris's surveilance van, reporter Peter Gallagher--Harris's best friend--is killed by the blast of a concealed bomb. The real question: Was the bomb intended for Harris or Gallagher? Harris looks into the stories Gallagher was investigating. Who was behind the bombing? Was it the philandering Senator Cheever? A simple act of personal vengeance? The vicious young mobster, Jimbo McGuire? Or was it Harris's greatest fear: a retaliatory strike by the right wing, intended for Harris himself? Frames per Second is the story of Ben Harris, a flawed but good man trying to make the best of a bad situation. Trying to uncover the truth of his friend's death, trying to keep his family together, trying to reconcile with the new man in their lives--and, ultimately, fighting desperately simply to keep them alive. |
