Synopsis
Mild-mannered philosophy professor Evan Birch spends his days teaching college students to seek truth. Then, one afternoon, he's pulled over by the police, handcuffed, and questioned about the disappearance of a local high school cheerleader. When the missing girl's lipstick turns up in his car, the evidence against him begins to build. Even his wife and sons are having their doubts. And as the investigating officer engages him in a decidedly non-Socratic dialogue, Evan Birch begins to understand that truth may be elusive indeed-but sometimes you have to pick a story and stick with it...
From prize-winning author George Harrar, The Spinning Man offers riveting, whip-smart suspense in a tale in which every word matters-and questions of guilt and innocence are suddenly much more than academic.
The Washington Post
The combination of a suspenseful did-he-or-didn't-he plot and an unblinking look at the tensions of family life makes The Spinning Man an interesting, offbeat read. — Patrick Anderson