Watching
Volume 1, The Garden Museum Heist
by Jeffrey Jay Levin
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Pub Date 8 Jun 2023 | Archive Date 30 Jul 2023
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Description
"Watching is an immersive and thoroughly-engaging time travel by flashback story with Cold Case meets Medium vs. the mob vibes. Levin has crafted an intricate and believable thriller that pulls you in and drags you from page to page. You can't help but keep reading." –Lena Gibson, author of The Edge of Life
After watching a documentary about a 50-year-old unsolved crime, an otherwise ordinary guy finds himself both blessed and burdened by the ability to travel through time and space, but not in the physical sense, and only as it may relate to that unsolved crime.
Braving the debilitating physical effects of his space time continuum journeys, he faces 1970s Mob bosses and their cronies, and murder and deceit, from both sides of the law. Determined to solve the crime and find the long lost art, and buoyed by the still unclaimed $5,000,000 reward, he has to come up with a means of convincing the FBI that his information is valid, without being locked up himself.
Join him and his wife, Adrian, and FBI Special Agent Starling Hebert, who has her own personal reasons for helping, as they try to unravel the reasons behind this new-found ability and return the stolen masterpieces.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
"A new talent has emerged. Writing in what can best be described as 'reluctant detective occult fiction', Jeffrey Jay Levin's surprising and original debut novel, Watching, will grab your attention and not let go. I'm already eager for the next in the promised series. Don't pass this one by!" -Lee Shainen, author of Sticky Karma and Tales of the Conspiracy Cafe
"Intriguing premise! Almost immediately, the reader is drawn into the innovative world of Watching: art heists, astral projection, gangsters, time warps, GBI agents, and mind melds. This is a fun ride." -David Buzan, author of In the Lair of Legends
"Watching is an immersive and thoroughly-engaging time travel by flashback story with Cold Case meets Medium vs. the mob vibes. Levin has crafted an intricate and believable thriller that pulls you in and drags you from page to page. You can't help but keep reading." -Lena Gibson, author of The Edge of Life
"Watching is the best kind of genre-bending fun-part paranormal sci-fi, part heist caper, and entirely full of memorable characters. It reads like a TV series you can't help but binge." -Brooke L. French, author of Inhuman Acts and The Carolina Variant
"An intriguing crime thriller with a twist. Had me from page one and kept me enthralled until the satisfying conclusion. Highly recommend." -Mary Ellen Bramwell, bestselling author of The Apple of My Eye
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685132064 |
| PRICE | US$5.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |
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Featured Reviews
Anthony P, Reviewer
The novel starts with a husband and wife watching an unsolved 50 year old robbery. That night he travels back in time and remote watches some of the men in the robbery. Thus starts the spell binding story. I could not put the book down. Levin captures your attention and does not let up.
Clare H, Reviewer
The book took a little time to get into as the writing style is a little different to what I'm used to, but once I adjusted and got a few chapters in, I found I couldn't put it down. This is a crime/mystery book with a paranormal twist. The main character develops the ability to mentally time travel and finds himself a witness to the aftermath of a crime.
This was a nice piece of lighter reading that doesn't take itself too seriously. A fun engaging story and look forward to more stories involving these characters.
Steve C, Educator
A definitely different time travel story here. It is sort of a time shift or astral projection into the past. But here it is not about the person living it but watching as an outside observer.
All this gets triggered after Josh and his wife, Adrian, watch a true crime drama of a case from 50 years ago. The interesting thing is that John "visits" back in time and remembers his visit. Because he is a lawyer, he documents in writing what he saw and heard while "back there."
Add in a massive art theft, a murder or two, and you have the basis of "Watching." Josh develops the ability to go back in time almost at will. He and Adrian learn of a reward of about $5 million for the recovery of the art from the 1970s heist. With this as a major incentive, he is anxious to go back to see where the undiscovered art is now.
But without help, they are lost and are able to enlist assistance from new FBI agent Starling Hebert; but not without some convincing for her to help. Doesn't hurt that she soon develops a reason of her own to see this through. ..actually, a couple of reasons!
How does Josh do his traveling in the past and seeing things he could not know? Well, this is the crux of the story, and you will just have to read this intriguing story to find out the particulars of the story including whether the art is found and the reward can be claimed.
An enjoyable story and different from most time traveling as this type of travel is generally free from danger; but not always!! I enjoyed the story after taking a little while to get involved with the storyline.
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