Sensual Thriller Novel Set in Morocco in 1994

From author Gregory W. Beaubien

Shadows the Sizes of Cities

Young travelers ... a chance encounter ...
a sinister proposition ...

"REMARKABLE ...
COMPELLING ... STYLISH ...
A FINE NOVEL"
—WGN Radio

"EXCELLENT ...
THRILLING ...
A GREAT READ"
—Inside Publications

"I LOVED THE BOOK"
—William Friedkin,
director of classic movies
"The French Connection,"
"The Exorcist," and
"To Live and Die in L.A."

"I ENJOYED THE BOOK TREMENDOUSLY ...
THE SUSPENSE ...
THE AMAZING SENSE OF PLACE"

—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter of the movies

"Unforgiven," "Blade Runner" and "12 Monkeys"

"I READ SHADOWS AND ENJOYED IT A LOT"

—Bob Bookman, producer of the upcoming
Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown"

"TERRIFIC ...
I FELT LIKE I WAS THERE"
—Jeffrey Trachtenberg, publishing reporter
for The Wall Street Journal

"LOVED IT ... SO EXCITING ...
SO MANY TURNS"
—Natalie Martinez, reporter
for NBC Chicago news

"EXCITING PAGE-TURNER ...
GREAT STORY ... GREAT WRITING ...
WOULD MAKE A GREAT MOVIE"
—Doug Nichol, director of
"California Typewriter"

"MURDER, DRUGS, BETRAYAL
IN A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF BACKSTABBING, TORN LOYALTIES AND KILLING"
—CrimeReads.com

"INTENSE ...
BEAUBIEN KNOWS HIS BUSINESS ...
A DARK THRILLER WITH
A PACE-PUMPING SECRET ...
SCENES EXPLODE WITH
VIVID SENSORY DETAILS"
—Chicago Book Review

"IF YOU'VE BEEN TO MOROCCO,
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IT
ALL AGAIN ... IF YOU HAVEN'T,
YOU'LL BELIEVE YOU HAVE ...
FAST-MOVING ... TENSION-FILLED ...
NEVER PREDICTABLE ...
DISCOVER ITS SURPRISES
FOR YOURSELF"
—CrimeFictionLover.com

WHILE TRAVELING FROM EUROPE TO MOROCCO, the young American newspaper reporter Will Clark is drawn into killing a drug dealer near Tangier. Pursued by other gang members and the police, his bond with his companions broken and his sense of himself shattered, Will plunges deeper into the country and further into danger, traveling to Marrakesh, over the Atlas Mountains and into the remote Sahara Desert. At the same time, he is searching for the beautiful Stacey Snow, an elusive blond backpacker whose love might make him whole again—or doom them both. Will’s destiny is also driven by memories of his late father, a man he idolized but whose true story has yet to be revealed.

A literary thriller that combines action and suspense with exotic locations, while touching on themes of alienation, class divisions and complex father-son relationships, Shadows the Sizes of Cities by Gregory W. Beaubien will transport you with its descriptions, while its story keeps you on the edge of your seat.

(Fiction/Literature. Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN 978-0-9911816-0-5], eBook $9.99)

(Photo by Nicole Beaubien for Moresby Press)

Journalist and author of the noir thriller novel Shadows the Sizes of Cities, Gregory W. Beaubien has reported from countries around the world for newspapers, magazines and websites including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and Yahoo Travel. He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter and dog. Like Gregory W. Beaubien author on Facebook.