Feature: The True Detective
The True Detective: A Literary Classic Disguised as a Classic Mystery Thriller Theodore Weesner Pens Page-Turner with Literary Depth Literary fiction author Theodore Weesner is back, following up his acclaimed “modern American classic” (The Car Thief) with a thrilling page-turner of a mystery, The True Detective. Described as “a compulsively readable thriller” by the Chicago Tribune, The True Detective delivers a plot that reads like a suspense script, but in depth of insight, uniquely rises to the level of great literature. In the spirit of Truman Capote’s, In Cold Blood, Weesner takes the reader deep into the conflicting desires and motivations of a broken family, a sexually confused perpetrator, and a complex investigating detective to create a sensational, powerful and heartbreakingly realistic literary thriller. ABOUT THE BOOK In the sleepy confines of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Gil Dulac, a small town investigator, broods over a deteriorating city he’s grown to adopt