Karma's Envoy

Todd Woodside's entire San Francisco life suddenly disappears when he becomes an 8-year-old boy living in rural Oregon in 1962. Is he dreaming? Dead? Crazy?
 
His new, chain-smoking mom calls him "Peter" as she fusses to get him ready for school. He soon learns she's also a mentally unstable new widow, making her particularly vulnerable when Jack Quinn, a young local man with a shady past, steps in. When Jack first begins romancing her, Peter doesn't realize the danger they're in and the harrowing life-and-death struggle he will soon face.
 
How can a little kid protect his fragile mother and defend himself? Will knowledge and experience from his original, future life be enough to save him from a horrific death?
 
Karma's Envoy blends suspense, mystery, and ironic humor in a unique, time-traveling journey of crime and punishment that lingers long after the book is done.