Father, Son, Unholy Ghost by K. M. Garner

About the Book

Garner Cover WebOn August 14. 1990, a sniper massacred 41 innocent people from a high-rise building in Houston, Texas. The sniper, Kenneth Wilson, is killed by police. Kenneth turns out to be a University of Texas student, who by all accounts, is the least likely person to commit any crime, much less one as horrific as mass murder.

Detective Deke Sullivan is assigned the case of finding a motive for the killings and any possible connection to subversive groups.

Kenneth left a journal detailing the months prior to the killings. He recounts how he suddenly is unable to stay wake after 11 a.m., and sleeps until at least 3 p.m. every day. He also tells of things that he has done during his “sleeping” hours. With the help of a psychic and fellow student named Karen Stevens, Kenneth learns that during those hours he is being controlled by a deceased killer named Ahmed Pfarzzi, who died ten years earlier, and that Ahmed is going to use him to continue his murderous rampage to honor his father.

After Kenneth’s death, Ahmed gains possession of a new body, a cop, which he intends to use to kill both Deke, who’s finally been convinced that possession is real, and Karen. Together they must destroy Ahmed once and for all, as well as the house where Ahmed’s earthly reference point is located.