“And the Dead Shall Live” is a 2024 Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal Winner for Conspiracy Thrillers
“An absorbing tale of damaged souls struggling to heal as they track down evil.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Two damaged souls. A malevolent secret. A risky ruse to unearth the truth that could bring redemption or a brutal end…
Philip Raymond grows more desperate by the minute. Suffering from agoraphobia after a tragic misstep led to a scandal and suicide, the former high-level political consultant and novelist needs a big win to restore his reputation and take back his life. Certain that a wealthy recluse has blood on his hands, the emotionally scarred writer hires a brainy beauty to dig up the dirt he requires for a blockbuster exposé.
Jesse Carter is haunted. Feeling responsible for her beloved brother’s prison murder, the freelance researcher’s razor-sharp intellect is no match for her crushing sense of guilt. So despite her reluctance to take a job that’s more cloak-and-dagger than fact-finding, the tormented twenty-something signs on after learning the target may be victimizing women.
Praise & Reviews
“Klein takes us deeply into the psyches of Raymond and Jesse. I didn’t feel like I was reading about them; I felt like I was experiencing them.” -David Rabin, award-winning author of In Danger of Judgment
“A slick, mesmeric read And the Dead Shall Live has all the hallmarks of a genre classic and is an unreservedly recommended Golden Quill read.”-Book Viral Reviews
“This wildly imaginative psychological thriller is David Shawn Klein’s best book yet.” –BestThrillers.com
“And the Dead Shall Live by David Shawn Klein is a killer thriller. This is one author to watch, and I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a thriller they can truly immerse themselves in.”
–Readers’ Favorite review
“David Shawn Klein’s sophomore thriller has readers rooting for an underdog duo on an epic quest for redemption. Philip Raymond, a once-successful political consultant, haunted by scandal and battling personal demons, joins forces with Jesse Carter, a brilliant but grieving law school dropout. United by common trauma, they embark on a dangerous mission to expose the suspected crimes of billionaire Lee Fletcher.
Here’s what makes Klein’s words leap off the page: he’s the master at minimalist exposition subtly slipped between tension-laden dialogue and narrative. The novel’s most frightening moments come in the spaces between Klein’s sentences—spaces he has created in the structure of his writing— rather than the words themselves. It’s this unique voice which evokes a gasp from the reader similar to a circus audience when an acrobat floats mid-air between trapeze bars.
This might be the best thriller read of 2024—don’t miss it!”
–Cam Torrens, author of False Summit