EXPIRATION DATE About an hour ago, Chris Wade was shot in the back. In a few minutes, surgeons will dig out the slug. The police will analyze it, and wonder: Why would somebody kill this guy with a 50-year-old bullet? Chris Wade's apartment has a strange feature: In one room, it's 2009. In the other, it's 1959. In the present, Chris is broke and lives in a two0room apartment in a bad Philadelphia neighborhood -- his grandfather's old place. But whenever Chris walks into the second room, he's catapulted back into 1959, where people seem to think he's a private investigator. They also think Chris is his own grandfather. And they never stop arriving. Desperate people, in search of missing loved ones, family heirlooms, and wayward spouses. Soon, Chris realizes that he can u se his present-day internet connection to...well, "solve" these cases. But after a few weeks of playing time-traveling private eye, Chris discovers why clients keep showing up. And as he digs deeper into 1959 Philadelphia, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knew, Chris meets the ten-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up someday and murder Chris's father. Rights Information Publisher: St. Martin's, Trade paperback (March 30, 2010) Territory: North America Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co. Reviews: “Swierczynski cleverly melds the thriller and fantasy elements (especially the notion of nonlinear time), producing a thoroughly readable, suspenseful romp that evokes John D. MacDonald’s pulp classic The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything.” – Booklist “Swierczynski has to do some creative hand-waving about astral projection to keep the fantasy-mystery plot of Expiration Date moving like a well-maintained amusement park ride. Plausibility may not be the book's virtue, but Mickey's tour through his family's long-buried secrets is ultimately affecting, suspenseful and satisfying.” –San Francisco Chronicle “an immensely satisfying mystery and science fiction novel about one of the most mundane and important things in the world, family. I highly recommend it.” – Dave Richards, Comic Book Resources “This is an outstanding example of modern noir, though, oddly, it’s also a time travel novel.” – Andrew Byers, Tales from the Bookworm's Lair“There’s inventiveness on every page, but what makes the book work – I hate using this word, but it’s appropriate – is its heart.” – Vince Keenan “It’s a fast ride; maybe too fast since it was over before I was ready, but it’s a fun read and a fine break from the real-to-life news that bombards us day to day.” – Charlie Stella “As usual with Swierczynski, the book moves like a bullet.” – Bill Crider Blurbs: “Duane Swierczynski is one of the best thriller writers in America, and probably my favorite. I blazed through Expiration Date in one sitting and I loved it.” - James Frey, New York Times bestselling author of Bright Shiny Morning and A Million Little Pieces “Duane Swierczynski continues to carve out his own unique literary presence in a fascinating fusion of mystery, suspense, and sophisticated dark fantasy fiction. EXPIRATION DATE is a skillful, fast-paced, rock'em, jolt'em, spook'em, leave-em-laughin' story with believable characters and a pedal to the floor narrative drive. Top of the line entertainment.” – Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season Purchase at Amazon.com

EXPIRATION DATE

About an hour ago, Chris Wade was shot in the back. In a few minutes, surgeons will dig out the slug. The police will analyze it, and wonder: Why would somebody kill this guy with a 50-year-old bullet?

Chris Wade's apartment has a strange feature: In one room, it's 2009. In the other, it's 1959.

In the present, Chris is broke and lives in a two0room apartment in a bad Philadelphia neighborhood -- his grandfather's old place. But whenever Chris walks into the second room, he's catapulted back into 1959, where people seem to think he's a private investigator. They also think Chris is his own grandfather.

And they never stop arriving. Desperate people, in search of missing loved ones, family heirlooms, and wayward spouses. Soon, Chris realizes that he can u se his present-day internet connection to...well, "solve" these cases.

But after a few weeks of playing time-traveling private eye, Chris discovers why clients keep showing up. And as he digs deeper into 1959 Philadelphia, searching for answers about the grandfather he hardly knew, Chris meets the ten-year-old kid who lives in the apartment below. The kid who will grow up someday and murder Chris's father.

Rights Information

Publisher: St. Martin's, Trade paperback (March 30, 2010)

Territory: North America

Rights Available: Translation via Baror International; Film/TV via Cheng Caplan Co.

Reviews:

“Swierczynski cleverly melds the thriller and fantasy elements (especially the notion of nonlinear time), producing a thoroughly readable, suspenseful romp that evokes John D. MacDonald’s pulp classic The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything.” – Booklist

“Swierczynski has to do some creative hand-waving about astral projection to keep the fantasy-mystery plot of Expiration Date moving like a well-maintained amusement park ride. Plausibility may not be the book's virtue, but Mickey's tour through his family's long-buried secrets is ultimately affecting, suspenseful and satisfying.” –San Francisco Chronicle

“an immensely satisfying mystery and science fiction novel about one of the most mundane and important things in the world, family. I highly recommend it.” – Dave Richards, Comic Book Resources

“This is an outstanding example of modern noir, though, oddly, it’s also a time travel novel.” – Andrew Byers, Tales from the Bookworm's Lair“There’s inventiveness on every page, but what makes the book work – I hate using this word, but it’s appropriate – is its heart.” – Vince Keenan

“It’s a fast ride; maybe too fast since it was over before I was ready, but it’s a fun read and a fine break from the real-to-life news that bombards us day to day.” – Charlie Stella

“As usual with Swierczynski, the book moves like a bullet.” – Bill Crider

Blurbs:
“Duane Swierczynski is one of the best thriller writers in America, and probably my favorite. I blazed through Expiration Date in one sitting and I loved it.” - James Frey, New York Times bestselling author of Bright Shiny Morning and A Million Little Pieces

“Duane Swierczynski continues to carve out his own unique literary presence in a fascinating fusion of mystery, suspense, and sophisticated dark fantasy fiction. EXPIRATION DATE is a skillful, fast-paced, rock'em, jolt'em, spook'em, leave-em-laughin' story with believable characters and a pedal to the floor narrative drive. Top of the line entertainment.” – Tom Piccirilli, author of Shadow Season

Purchase at Amazon.com