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George D. Shuman is a twenty year veteran of the Metropolitan
Police Department (Washington, DC). During his law enforcement career, he has served as an undercover narcotics detective,
sergeant in the Internal Affairs Division, an operations commander of the police academy and as a lieutenant commander in
the Public Integrity Branch, Internal Affairs Division. He is the author of three novels: 18 Seconds: A
Sherry Moore Novel; Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel; and, Lost Girls.
Publisher’s Weekly said of Last Breath,
“In Shuman's mesmerizing second suspense novel to feature blind Philadelphia psychic Sherry Moore (after 2006's
18 Seconds), the Maryland attorney general asks Sherry, who can relive a murder victim's last moments by touching the
body, to do her thing on three women discovered gruesomely murdered in an abandoned Maryland meat processing plant. Soon Sherry
is plagued by eerie nightmares. After another woman is found strangled in an upscale suburban Pittsburgh home, the Pennsylvania
state police get involved, but territorial wrangling between state and federal law enforcement agencies hampers the search
for the serial killer. Shuman, who has worked for more than 20 years with the Washington, D.C., metropolitan police, brings
a chilling realism to his depiction of crime scenes and has a real gift for conveying fear.”
Booklist said of 18 Seconds: A Novel,
“Here's a high-concept thriller that, in places, could almost sink under the weight of its own premise. Sherry Moore
is beautiful, blind, and psychic. But she doesn't read minds; Sherry's gift--although some might say it's more
of a curse--is this: if she touches a dead person, she can see the last 18 seconds of that person's life. Naturally, this
skill makes her very handy to the police, and when Lieutenant Kelly O'Shaughnessy is having trouble finding out who killed
a young girl, the two women plunge headlong into an old case involving a vicious serial killer. Fans of the television series
Medium should enjoy this novel's combination of parapsychology and real-world detective work, and it should also appeal
to fans of twisted psychological thrillers (Jeffrey Deaver, say, or Thomas Harris). Unfortunately, Shuman, a veteran police
officer, spends so much time justifying his premise that he tends to sound like he doesn't quite believe it himself. Sometimes
you just have to let readers suspend their own disbelief.”
Publisher’s Weekly said of Lost
Girls: A Sherry Moore Novel, “Shuman's provocative third thriller to feature blind psychic Sherry
Moore (after Last Breath) puts a troubling, unsavory issue front and center. When Sherry uses her unusual gift—the ability
to see the final seconds of a dead person's life—to help save some stranded mountain climbers in Alaska's Denali
National Park, she gets an unexpected and horrific glimpse of the sexual slave trade. After learning more about the tortured
women she sees in her vision, Sherry doesn't hesitate to make a dangerous trip into the wilds of Haiti in search of justice.
Sherry's unique talent opens doors for her, but it's her determination to live a full, active, useful life and her
grit when things get rough that makes her such an appealing hero. Shuman puts a human face on the victims of human trafficking
while painting a shameful picture of the failure of the world's nations to address the problem.”
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