Nine Ten

By Ryan Cairns

​It's September 2001 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and Joe Wilson is just trying to survive his shift at The Movie Station. But when a grainy, homemade VHS tape is dropped into the overnight return bin, the "adult" section becomes the least of Joe's problems. The tape doesn't show a film; it shows the brutal murder of a young woman. ​Joe and his problematic, but hilarious roommate, Newton, find themselves holding the only evidence of a serial killer's work. The situation spirals when Newton, a man whose luck is as thin as his bank account, realizes he owes a debt to local drug dealers that he can't pay. As the dealers close in and the killer begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to retrieve the footage, Joe and Newton are forced to navigate a landscape of city freaks and loyal neighborhood types to identify the murderer before they become the next victims. Victims nine and ten. ​As they sift through a list of suspects and quirky locals, the tension of their personal lives mirrors a world on the brink of a paradigm shift. The story reaches its breaking point on the morning of September 11, 2001, when a national tragedy intersects with their final confrontation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1105414477
• ISBN13: 9781105414473
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"