Miracle Myx

Twice-dead Myx knows everybody’s naughty secrets.

Dave Diotalevi 

Cloth hardcover 6x9” | Pages 288 | Fiction US$ 24.95 / CDN$ 26.95 | ISBN 9781601641557

Myx Amens has died twice and hasn’t slept in over three years. He fills his endless hours snooping in others’ lives, mostly collecting the truths and untruths they hide even from themselves. With a synesthetic mind and an eidetic memory, fourteen-year-old Myx is unusually well equipped to solve a series of grisly murders that rock his hometown of Miracle, Massachusetts.
Stare though Myx’s eyes for an unblinking 42 hours as he squeezes through the cracks in Miracle’s peaceful facade to find the answer to a 250-year-old puzzle—and the motive for the murders. 

• "What makes this debut novel exceptional is Diotalevi’s clever use of Myx’s sense-mingling; more than a mere plot device, the character’s synesthetic gift enables the author to wax poetic one minute ("her hand smelled pink with carved curls of green") and comic the next ("her breasts talked to me, but I’m keeping their conversation private").
  A wickedly funny, surprisingly moving genre-bending tale of small-town secrets, lies, and revenge." BOOKLIST STARRED REVIEW  Read the full review.
  
• “How can a debut novel be this good? What a treat to be in the mind of Myx Amens, the clever, capable, twice-dead protagonist who is full of surprises.”— Robert Fate, Academy Award-Winning writer, author of Baby Shark

About the Author — Dave Diotalevi

Dave Diotalevi was trained in nuclear physics and engineering, but has traded up to the fusion of words. He is a published non-fiction author and poet, and has also written feature articles for national magazines. Dave lives in central Massachusetts, in a town much like Miracle.

Dave Diotalevi

ISBN 9781601641557
 

Myx Amens is the most unique character you'll meet anywhere, let alone in Miracle Massachusetts. The Miracle of Myx is his heightened senses. He can actually smell colors. Nothing escapes Myx. And he isn't the kind of kid to let murders go unsolved.
Two near-deaths have left his mind wired like no other, and he knows how to use it. For an unblinking forty-two hours, Myx’s  synesthetic brain probes a lot of dirty secrets in Miracle before arriving at the truth. A thoroughly original, beautifully written novel with the most unique central character you’ve ever encountered.

"How can a debut novel be this good? Miracle Myx, Dave Diotalevi’s tale of murder and deceit and—yes—hidden treasure, is finely tuned seduction. What a treat it is to be in the mind of Myx Amens, the clever, capable, twice-dead, protagonist of a story that surprises and satisfies throughout. A mystery told with wry, intelligent humor. More Myx, Mr. Diotalevi, and soon."

Robert Fate, Author, Baby Shark series, Academy Award Winner.