Concealed: The Book of Joshua

[FritzNordengren]

HI all, Im new to Booktalk and thanks for the welcome so far.

Concealed: The Book of Joshua is available in paper and ebook via Amazon and Kindle. If you read it, I'd welcome your comments on Goodreads or Amazon.

In a quintessential small Midwestern town, Professor Joshua Stone is a popular, outgoing, and quirky professor at Grant’s Hill College. He lives alone with his dog, rides a bicycle everywhere, and has memorized the high school mascot names of his students. He’s a 3-on-3-basketball player and fan who’s insular life centers around his teaching. Joshua confronts his demons while recovering from an unprovoked near-death attack. His search for an elusive witness challenges his instinctive moral and ethical compass. Woven through a gripping storyline is one man’s quest to find strength and courage. Joshua is plucked from the cocoon of teaching English composition at a small liberal arts college and thrust in to survival mode, seeking a logical explanation for the irrational violence.

Some early readers said:
"Nordegren's story while fictional felt like it could have been ripped from today's headlines with comfortable and some not so comfortable characters.
A gripping and believable page turning story."

"Fortunately, there is enough levity to balance the darker aspects of the story. The author has infused scenarios with authenticity, and characters with depth. The pace is fast. Themes throughout the book mirror challenges in our society today: gun control, immigration, education, mental illness, and even gender.
The women in this story were quietly capable, while the men at center stage were often shallow and missed their cues. I hope the author's next novel will develop female characters more deeply and allow them to shine."

"In Stone Nordengren has painted a portrait of a complex man. The professor rides around campus on his bike with his dog in tow, he meets colleagues for drinks and enjoys 3-on-3 basketball games. Stone strives to keep order - he keeps four seasons worth of clothing in carefully labeled garment bags and he memorizes the high school mascot names of every student. These character traits serve to highlight the sense of loneliness and vulnerability that pervades the novel."

On Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/Concealed-Book-Jo ... 615765912/

and Goodreads at: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17985152-concealed