The Quantum Syndrome

Children are being strangled on Eastern Long Island...and noted psychiatrist, Robin Ruoff, proposes an ingenious scheme to flush out the crazy killer. "Soon the murderer will be behind bars," the psychiatrist assures beleaguered Police Commissioner Donald Wellworth, ..".and the carnage will surely end." But Doctor Ruoff's elaborate plan backfires when the killer, afflicted with the deadly 'Quantum Syndrome, ' is revealed as the unlikeliest of perpetrators...and the serial butcher has devised an insidious strategy of his own Jeb Ladouceur is nationally recognized for his career in public relations, advertising, and publishing. A former New York Senate candidate and charter member of Gov. Mario Cuomo's Arson Task Force, he is the founder and Publisher Emeritus of The Fire News, circulated among fire and rescue personnel in the northeast for four decades. Mr. Ladouceur is the award winning author of nine other thrillers-this one is based loosely on the Atlanta Child Murders of the early 80's. He lives with his wife, Elizabeth, on Long Island's North Shore. Author Photo by Debbie Lange Fifer