A Bird In The Hand

About the Book

Part I:

When young Louie kills a crow he had wounded in the woods, he learns, too late, that the bird’s screaming would have lured more crows into shooting range. This social lesson serves as inspiration later in the boy’s life, when a betrayal in the family calls on Louie’s skills for requital.

The betrayer is his best friend and mentor. Almost everything Louie knows he owes to this double-crosser. So how can he avenge his family and also make a personal payback? A mere "hit" doesn’t fix the damages; in fact, it turns out that things become terribly worse for Louie. His bird may have been knocked from the nest, but there is something left behind...

Part II:

At a later time, in a different place...

On full moon nights, citizens of a quiet, small Wisconsin town are being murdered.  Werewolf?  It would seem.  The community´s delicate fabric begins to unravel as suspicion slowly swirls around one of its known and respected members.  "Innocent until proven guilty" is not the going attitude.  The town goes mad; things are not what they appear.  But to the orchestrator of the whole mess--oh, things couldn´t be going better...

“A Bird in the Hand” is a thriller. It’s a heart-wrencher. It twists, suspends, even flirts with the supernatural.  One thing promised, it will keep you guessing which way the maze will turn next, provided you´ve assumed the right path at the last turn.

About the Author

A betrayal to the family requires Louie to kill his best friend. "Knock him from the nest, before his wings can fly him out of reach!" The betrayer is Louie's best friend and mentor. Almost everything he knows he owes to this double-crosser. How can he avenge his family, but also make a personal payback? A mere "hit" doesn't fix the damage; in fact, it turns out that things have become terribly worse for Louie. His bird may have been knocked from the nest, but there is something left behind..."A Bird in the Hand" is deception, murder, love and revenge. It twists the mind and wrenches the heart. It is the first novel of author William Alan Niehausen.