 TRICK OF THE LIGHT
This novel is different from other Stephen Smoke novels. "I wrote it about an experience I had in the early 70s. I originally wrote a musical, 'White Light Train,' about the experience but it didn't communicate well to a large audience."
By the time he wrote this book in 1989 Mr. Smoke had already written lots of mysteries, psychological thrillers and published Mystery Magazine. In Trick of the Light he blended what was then called "new age" with the "hardboiled mystery" genre. He injected life's great questions -- Who are we? Where do we come from? Is there a God? -- into the mystery genre setting and created a story in which the client wants the detective to help her find God.
The reviews were terrific ("An Instant Classic") and he optioned the work to Hemdale, a film company that produced two Academy Award Best Picture Winners ("Last Emperor of China," and "The Last Platoon"). The film never got made, but the author suspects that it will some day.
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