Synopsis/Details
Jeff Fenner’s life is out of control. At the nadir of a rocky, sometimes-up-usually-down career, he has come face to face with his demons: he’s being investigated by the police, he owes money to the wrong people, and he sees an empty future shutting down in front of him. When Jeff hears that his sister Marilyn has jumped from a twelfth-floor balcony, he refuses to believe she killed herself, and he embarks on a tortuous journey toward self-discovery and redemption . . . and toward the beautiful but troubled Holly Barnes. Holly’s own demons have led her to a self-help cult in Beverly Hills called Saving Our Lives. Through Holly, Jeff learns of a string of apparent suicides eerily similar to his sister’s—and that Holly is the next target.
All Accolades & Coverage
“Earl Javorsky’s bold and unusual Down Solo blends the mysterious and the supernatural boldly and successfully. The novel is strong and haunting, a wonderful debut.”
T. Jefferson Parker, New York Times bestselling author of Full Measure and The Famous and the Dead
“Offbeat and dark and wonderful. This book caught me in the first few pages and never let me go. Javorsky is a prodigious writer: dark, intelligent, often hilariously funny, and he holds the accelerator to the floor throughout the whole amazing story.”
Timothy Hallinan, bestselling author of the Poke Rafferty series and the Junior Bender series
Story & Logistics
Story Type:
Hero's Journey
Story Situation:
Pursuit
Moral Affections:
Bad Man
Cast Size:
Several
Locations:
Single
Characters
Hero Type:
Anti-Hero
Villian Type:
Authority Figure
Stock Character Types:
Outlaw
Advanced
Subgenre:
Suspense-Thriller
Drug Topics:
Illegal Drugs
Time Period:
Post-Modern (Soviet Union and United States, 1973–present)
