Paradox

About the Book

After losing his home and construction business, Chuck moves into a garage apartment. He survives by writing magazine articles, fishing, and shoplifting from the supermarket. He meets Patty, and she inspires him to complete a manuscript for a novel. Patty is killed on the day that the manuscript is accepted by a publisher, and Chuck falls into a deep depression. He spends his last dollar on a Florida Lottery ticket and wins 33 million dollars. Chuck spends a fortune to promote the book, and it becomes a best seller. He then builds an energy-efficient, fortress-like home on the river, A NASA engineer, Juluis Zuks, talks him into installing a sophisticated security/function performance system in the home.

Senta, from Texas, reads his book and is certain that one of the main characters in the book is her mother and that Chuck is the father she's never known. Upon meeting, Senta and Chuck become romantically attracted and she becomes a house guest in the new home. Julius, the NASA engineer, is mysteriously electrocuted in the swimming pool and Chuck and Senta become suspects in a homicide investigation.

The security system traps Senta in the home and sets it on fire. Chuck rescues Senta and debates a voice emanating from the security system. The home is razed, and the land is exorcised by a priest. Chuck and Senta move into a newly constructed home which they believe has been "cleansed." But has it?

About the Author

Joe Hutchison was born and raised in Rumford, Maine. He attended schools in Rumford, Saugerties, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. He is a Naval Air Veteran and has been in the new-home construction business for many years. He is divorced, has eight grandchildren, and lives in a condominium in Melbourne, Florida. He is a gourmet cook and an avid fisherman.