book cover of Welcome to Lazarus
 

Welcome to Lazarus

(2000)
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En route to a reporting job, car trouble forces Bob Smith to stop for the night in Lazarus, Arkansas. Suspecting he's lucked up on some bucolic Fountain of Youth, his investigating skills and ennate curiosity take him close enough to the town's secret to fall victim to it. He gets away with his life, his car repaired good enough to get him to Little Rock, and a twenty-four gap in his memory, only to be drawn back by nightmares and deja vu flashes as puzzling as they are frightening. He encounters danger and the love of his life on his way to the truth about those lost hours.En route to a reporting job in Little Rock, car trouble forces Bob Smith to spend the night in Lazarus, Arkansas. Suspecting the town is hiding some bucolic Fountain of Youth, his curiosity and investigating skills take him close enough to the town's secret to fall victim to it. He manages to get away with his life, his car repaired well enough to get him to Little Rock, and a twenty-four hour gap in his memory only to be drawn back by nightmares and puzzling deja vu flashes to Lazarus where he finds the love of his life and danger as he hunts for those lost hours.

Bob Smith arrives at his new reporting job and enjoys his work and the opportunity to learn more about photography. In spite of a disturbing stop en route to Little Rock which left a twenty-four hour gap in his memory, he uses his camera to mask his intentions of finding out what happened to him in Lazaras and pursue the story his gut feeling insists is there. He meets a beautiful girl who steals his heart, not knowing her very presence is synonymous with danger or that the people who helped him get away with his life are still hovering, trying to protect him. Fascinated to the point of enchantment, he stays until his mentor who taught him photography comes looking for him. They face a 200 year old nemesis, a couple of muscle men the mafia would love, and a bomb before they can send up a flare and celebrate a happy ending - or hopefully, a beginning!


Genre: Mystery

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