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Distortions (Retribution Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

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What she doesn't know

For Quinn Masterson, a federal agent still recovering from a violent abduction when she was a teenager, the goal is simple: find a killer before he has the chance to kill again.

Won't hurt her

The wreckage of a passenger jet lies in a field in Pennsylvania and Quinn has just joined the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico. This shouldn’t be her first case, but her new boss has it out for her and Quinn doesn’t know why.

It will kill her

What she does know is that the bomber isn’t your run-of-the-mill killer. Jars of human bile in his attic and a single word scrawled on the floor: RETRIBUTION. It means something and her instincts tell her that unless she can decipher the meaning of that word, she may end up on a killer’s table again, and this time she may not be so lucky.

What They’re Saying about Distortions

“A gut punch with twists and turns at every corner.”

“Reads like a police procedural that captures the stark chimera of human nature and puts it on display for the world to see.”

“Quinn Masterson is real, approachable, and tremendously flawed, and you want her to win, but the odds are against her.”

About the Author

J.M. Campbell is the author of the Quinn Masterson Mysteries
Distortions, For All the Children to See, and One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas, as well as The House That Jack Built, Whispers in The Mist, The Angel of Sallow Cove (2022), and The Spore (2022).

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"With Distortions, I saw an opportunity to take an old story and give it a fresh face. Quinn Masterson is not the typical victim. She's not even the typical victim-turned-predator. In the course of her tragedies there's a sense of innocence, even naiveté - a great source of angst; so when she develops an unhealthy admiration for killers - particularly serial killers - it surprises even her that she's able to stomach the sights and sounds of their evil deeds. It's as if she needs to see the train wreck that demands to be observed.

I love her character because all her vulnerabilities are right there for the world to experience. Quinn's incessant conflict - the refusal to accept her brother's death and move on - isn't an indictment on Quinn, even though she might wish it to be. Her parents are clearly unfit to have raised her, but it doesn't matter anymore. And Quinn's personal struggles with sexuality and intimacy are nothing more than symptoms of a latent disease.
 
She's not even a good criminologist. How can she be? She's only just begun her career with the FBI. The battles she faces are the same battles we all face in our day-to-day lives. They're just made more interesting by virtue of 
what she does. She hunts down and destroys killers, or so she would like to believe. There's more complexity to her psyche and what's really going on than I can fit into a single novel - or even a dozen novels.

In the creation of the other characters - Philip Glass, Howie the Marine Lieutenant, Romeo 'Circuits' Drabinski, Louise and yes, even boss bitch Tanya Morrisey - I wanted to give Quinn's life - and new career - a dynamic environment around which her fears, thoughts, foibles and neuroses could revolve. I always know a book is good - at least one I've written - when the story seems to compose itself. This is 
Distortions, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it."

- James M. Campbell

From the Inside Flap

As it grew closer to the light, Quinn knew that it was the shape of a man; but the light that now encompassed his figure neither identified him, nor did it give her comfort. Shadows bounced off a dark cloak or coat that covered his body like a cone. The collar was pulled up around his face and provided some definition; but strange markings, like one big tattoo, covered his face. Like a mask, the tattoo painted a visage that belied his facial features. The reds, blacks and whites that made him unrecognizable also gave him a new face. She couldn't understand what she saw. It was a garish scowl: a demon and a harlequin, a dead man.
A monster.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B093171KFG
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 19, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3437 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 199929307X
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J.M. Campbell is the author of the Quinn Masterson Mysteries Distortions, For All the Children to See, and One Night in the House of the Creepy Santas, as well as The House That Jack Built, Whispers in The Mist, The Angel of Sallow Cove (2022), and The Spore (2022).

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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2014
    An awesome book which was hard to put down. Mr. Campbell is a gifted author and his book, Distortions, has more twists and turns than a roller coaster. Move over Stephen King, there's a new kid on the block.

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