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Book cover of Down Wind and Out of Sight by Douglas Richardson, featuring a small aircraft flying over stormy seas, with Literary Titan Book Award gold medallion, National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist medallion, American Fiction Awards Finalist medallion, and Reader Views Bronze medallion

DOWN WIND
and
OUT OF SIGHT

"A brilliant debut novel." --Simon & Schuster Murder & Mayhem Newsletter

 

"Riveting and compelling...full of twists and turns...edge-of-your-seat suspense." —Literary Titan 5-Star Review, winner of 2023 Literary Titan Book Award

Seven Prestigious Awards for an Extraordinary Debut

 

Award-winning and critically acclaimed, Down Wind and Out of Sight has earned seven prestigious honors:

  • Literary Titan Book Award – Gold

  • Reader Views Reviewers Choice – Bronze

  • American Fiction Awards – Finalist (Three Categories)

  • National Indie Excellence Award – Finalist (Two Categories)

 

From the Australian Outback to a Secret Government Lab--No One is Safe

This award-winning thriller delivers both heart-pounding action and surprising emotional depth. The story takes the reader from the remote Australian outback to a top-secret US government facility, then into the extraordinary electronics lab of an autistic teenage genius.

 

Where Damaged Souls Unite, Survival Becomes Personal

Beneath the high-stakes action lies a compassionate exploration of a family of damaged souls finding unexpected connections in their fight for survival.

 

Down Wind combines razor-sharp characters, crackling dialogue, and bizarre scientific twists into an unforgettable page-turner. The escalating suspense never lets up as an unlikely group of marginalized characters—each hiding a devastating secret—forge bonds that will determine their fates.

What Readers Are Saying:

 

Readers have called Down Wind and Out of Sight "stunning," "a remarkable and unforgettable thriller," and "an intelligent study of how much people reveal when they are trying to hide."

©2026 by Douglas Richardson, Novelist.

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