A Delicious Tale of Madness, Betrayal, and Revenge

About the Book

What if one phone call could change your entire life?

With the page-turning suspense of Ava Strong’s FBI thriller Not Like He Seemed and gritty realism of Douglas and Olshaker’s New York Times bestseller MindHunter, Whispers promises readers a nail-biting journey into the search for a serial killer and a window into the troubled mind of the agent who pursues him.

About the Author

Born and raised in Denver, I journeyed from the Rocky Mountains to the New England coast. Eventually, I discovered that psychology and psychoanalysis satisfied my interest in the private struggles and conflicts that make us human. People and their stories have constantly amazed and inspired me. I've authored and edited five professional books on psychological assessment, the Rorschach Inkblot Test, psychoses, and bipolar disorders.

As a practicing psychologist, my passion for listening to people tell their stories ripens with age. Unable to resist the play of imagination, I published my debut novel, The 11th Inkblot, in 2020, and Tears Are Only Water followed in 2023. Writing fiction provides a space for deciphering intriguing psychological concepts, creating quirky, interesting characters, and humanizing their struggles and resiliency.

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Praise for Jim's Work

“A spellbindingly measured narrative that entertains and enthralls… A unique and captivating story of a young mind torn between science and art.”

 

—Kirkus Reviews

“The 11th Inkblot is a psychologically-textured coming of age mystery involving unexplained family alienation, childhood grief, trauma of war, and a search for connections.”

 

—NYRB

“With Whispers, J. Herman Kleiger makes it a trifecta of his fine, psychologically astute novels.”

 

—Amazon Reviewer on Whispers

“As with his other novels, Whispers instructs as it entertains, reminding readers that ‘Hope is important for all of us who have walked in the shadows.”

 

—Jeffrey Berman, Amazon Reviewer

“Far from a ‘who dunnit,’ Kleiger delivers a page-turning novel about a man’s desperate cry to be heard amid the fear of drowning in his silent tears.”

—Jed Yalof, Amazon Review on
Tear Are Only Water

“The intricate plot of crime and detection creates one kind of intrigue, but at the heart of the novel is the intrigue of the human mind.”

—Thomas F. Averill, Amazon Reviewer,
Tears Are Only Water

 

Quirky characters, snappy dialog, and
a twisty plot take readers on an evocative journey of healing and transformation.

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