Sheffield, Jamie

Tyler Cunningham, a detective like no other, lives in a small village within the Adirondack Park of upstate New York. He lives a largely solitary existence, with a few notable exceptions. His unique way of viewing the world draws him into solving puzzles and mysteries that entangle the community of humans around him. This collection of novellas introduces readers to Tyler and his inner circle of ... acquaintances ... Tyler doesn't have friends.

Tyler Cunningham is a detective like no other. He can mimic humanity, but in most cases fails utterly to understand people, why they do the things they do, or act in the ways they do. His saving grace is an insatiable hunger for knowledge that combines with an ability to make connections from a series of seemingly unrelated data- points that other people miss. This continually pulls him into other peoples' problems, where his focus and unique perceptual abilities allow him to solve puzzles that others cannot see in ways that nobody else could conceive.--p.[4] of cover

In the heart of the Adirondack Park, the Northeast's last great wilderness, Tyler Cunningham, a detective who struggles to understand the human condition, finds himself trapped and powerless in the face of shocking cruelty and violence when the closest thing Tyler has to a friend vanishes as a result of his actions.