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T.J. Martinson

Biography

T.J. Martinson

T.J. Martinson is the author of THE REIGN OF THE KINGFISHER, an extremely well-reviewed debut that merged the genres of superheroes and noir; HER NEW EYES; and BLOOD RIVER WITCH. He is an assistant professor of English at Murray State University, teaching courses in creative writing and literature. He holds a PhD in English from Indiana University and a MA in Literary Studies from Eastern Illinois University.

T.J. Martinson

Books by T.J. Martinson

by T.J. Martinson - Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller

Deputy Sheriff Alicia Moore is thrust into the center of a chilling murder investigation when she discovers a victim identifiable only by his hauntingly familiar tattoo --- her name inked onto the knuckles of her ex-fiancé, Jake. Years earlier, Alicia’s father had arrested a teenage occultist for a nearly identical murder, believed to be driven by the suspect’s worship of demonic entities. Now, with Jake’s murder mirroring that past crime, doubts arise about whether the true culprit was ever caught. The mystery deepens with the arrival of Lucas Masterson, a Criminology PhD student studying the confluence between religious trauma and occult crime. As Lucas delves into the case, his profound knowledge of the town’s grim history and his outsider perspective strain the local social fabric, while Alicia grapples with her suspicion towards his unsettling familiarity with the crimes.