Unraveled
by Tom Hamilton

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In her forties, divorced, with two wonderful sons and a loving partner, Ann has finally found some semblance of order in her life. But then she meets John, a seemingly chance encounter on her daily train commute to work. Their lives become inexplicably entwined. Although Ann finds John attractive and mysterious, there is something foreboding about him that she can’t quite put her finger on. Ann’s life begins to unravel. Mysterious deaths keep cropping up, and John is a key suspect in police investigations, though Ann doesn’t want to believe he’d be capable of murder. Every time she thinks she may be getting closer to an answer, the questions only multiply. How is it that her ordinary, lower middle-class family has become so connected to such violence? Is it some kind of karma? What about the mysterious circumstances surrounding an heirloom sweater, delivered to Ann’s grandmother from Germany following the Second World War? Why does John seem to know more about this than Ann does? Most importantly: Who is John? Simultaneously a page-turning mystery, a keen study of relationships, and a meditation on family and legacy, this novella tells the extraordinary adventure of one seemingly ordinary woman. Unraveled keeps readers on their toes from start to startling finish.

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Tom Hamilton is an author with a background in flying, finance, law, martial arts and raising a family; all of this experience—including a lifetime spent trying to understand women—contributed to the plot of Unraveled. In his spare time, Tom enjoys outdoor activities, handy man fix-ups and plunking on the piano. He lives on a lake with his partner.

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