The moment he was born, Michael Wendroff’s moth­er said, ​“Oh! How nice to see you, again.” That mys­te­ri­ous ​“again” inspired Michael Wendroff’s debut thriller. The sto­ry fol­lows two detec­tives who can’t stand each oth­er: Jack, a brawny enforcer, and Jill, a brainy beau­ty. They must solve a series of chill­ing shoot­ings in a small town, and find the killer before they kill each oth­er. Their jour­ney takes them into the secret world of Incels and suprema­cists, and an encounter with a lone­ly teenage boy, des­per­ate to escape. The nov­el is full of Tal­mu­dic twists, and the shock­ing finale is root­ed in Kab­bal­is­tic teach­ings that chal­lenge the bound­aries of life and death. Though a grip­ping thriller, it is lay­ered with themes of redemp­tion, Tikkun Olam, and what may be hap­pen­ing l’dor v’dor. Ulti­mate­ly, it’s a tale of love, loss, and the unbreak­able bonds that tran­scend time.