A Strange Habit of Mind: A Cameron Winter Mystery

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Pub Date 25 Oct 2022 | Archive Date 30 Sep 2022
Penzler Publishers | Mysterious Press

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English professor and ex-spy Cameron Winter confronts a Big Tech billionaire to solve the suspicious suicide of a former student

The world of Big Tech is full of eccentric characters, but shamanic billionaire Gerald Byrne may be the strangest of the bunch. The founder of Byrner, a global social media platform, Byrne is known for speaking with vague profundity and for dabbling in esoteric spiritual practices; he wears his hair in a long black ponytail to reveal a large flower tattooed on his neck; he’s universally admired as a visionary, a philanthropist, and a devoted husband and father. And every person who gets in the way of his good work seems to die.

When a former student commits suicide, English professor and ex-spy Cameron Winter takes it upon himself to understand why. The young man was expelled from the university in an unfortunate episode that left Winter sympathetic to his plight; after a prolonged silence, he reached out to his teacher with two words just before taking the fatal plunge from the roof of his San Francisco apartment: “Help me.”

Winter has what he calls “a strange habit of mind”—the ability to imagine himself into a crime scene, to reconstruct it mentally and play through various possible causes and outcomes to understand exactly what took place. When he applies this exercise to Adam Kemp’s desperate final moments, he discovers a troubling inconsistency. And when he learns that Kemp was in a tumultuous relationship with Gerald Byrne’s niece, he begins to suspect that the suicide was the result of a carefully-engineered plot, put in motion by the powerful businessman.

Featuring the tough-but-learned protagonist from 2021’s When Christmas Comes, A Strange Habit of Mind is a thrilling mystery set in the cutthroat world of tech money and tech influence, where unchecked fortunes produce unstoppable power for a lawless few.

About the Author: Andrew Klavan is the author of such internationally bestselling crime novels as True Crime, filmed by Clint Eastwood, Don't Say A Word, filmed starring Michael Douglas, Empire of Lies and Werewolf Cop. He has been nominated for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award five times and has won twice. He wrote the screenplays to "A Shock to The System," which starred Michael Caine, "One Missed Call," which starred Edward Burns, and "Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer," starring Dean Cain. His political satire videos have been viewed by tens of millions of people, and he currently does a popular podcast The Andrew Klavan Show at the Daily Wire. 

English professor and ex-spy Cameron Winter confronts a Big Tech billionaire to solve the suspicious suicide of a former student

The world of Big Tech is full of eccentric characters, but shamanic...


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Really enjoyed this Cameron Winter Mystery by Andrew Klavan. Even though I hadn't read the first one, was able to follow and enjoy these characters and the story. Will definitely need to track down the first in the series, and can't wait for the next one. #AStrangeHabitofMindACameronWinterMystery #NetGalley

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I loved Klavans' books since reading 'Don't Say a Word' years back (read it, as it is waaay better than the movie). He is a versatile author who can do many genres (he even wrote an epic fantasy). While I prefer his thrillers, He is as good at writing a mystery. Very enjoyable read and Winter is an engaging character.

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