Ted Sink merges noir, psychological suspense, past-life memories, addiction, and karmic justice within a thriller that spans Soviet Russia and Florida.
Ted Sink’s A Death in Dobrovny travels across decades and continents, weaving a noir psychological thriller that connects a 1953 killing in Soviet Russia with a disturbing sequence of events occurring 65 years afterward along Florida’s Space Coast.
The story centers on Eddie Slaski, a Boston transplant and recovering alcoholic who strives to rebuild his life through sobriety, a fresh career, and an unexpected relationship—until nightmares, coincidences, and violence suggest he has not managed to flee the darkness surrounding him.
As Eddie and his new partner wrestle with recurring nightmares that eventually turn out to be past-life memories linked to the same horrific incident, their bond grows stronger, and seemingly random encounters pull them toward a history neither consciously recalls. They become caught up in a present-day murder involving a missing NASA engineer’s wife, stolen money, and powerful individuals who may have exploited Eddie’s investigative skills to help orchestrate the killing. As the contemporary case progresses, their relationship unravels into further murders and alcohol-fueled chaos.
Rather than treating the past as something safely sealed off by time, A Death in Dobrovny envisions memory as a force that can resurface in unexpected and harmful ways. Eddie’s effort to forge a different future is hindered by addiction and by experiences that challenge conventional explanations of identity and fate, raising the question of whether sobriety, love, and reinvention can outrun forces he does not recognize or comprehend.
For readers interested in noir fiction, psychological thrillers, supernatural mysteries, and morally complex characters, A Death in Dobrovny delivers murder and suspense alongside questions about reincarnation, trauma, coincidence, and karmic justice.
Sink is a former advertising executive, writing teacher, journalist, and musician. He currently resides in Florida, where he writes fiction, composes and records original music, and performs in a Russian-language musical trio. He holds an MA in English, served as a Navy journalist, and wrote for a Boston business journal before moving into advertising and teaching. He has released six CDs of original music and authored five novels.
A Death in Dobrovny is available at: https://a.co/d/02U38Hjh
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Ted Sink
BrightKey PR
ted.sink@comcast.net
