The Redux of Sam Murdoch

By Mary Kendall

Sam Murdoch fractured his life into bits and is in dire need of a redux.

While stuck in a midlife meltdown with a broken marriage, angry offspring and a crumbling career, Sam stumbles upon a long-buried family secret: the grandfather he idolized once shot a man. Desperate for an escape (and some answers), he hits the open road in a beat-up Volvo station wagon with his eccentric college buddy, Godfrey, on a quest for truth.

After some meandering through a throwback America of old-time general stores, small-town square dances, vintage diners and quirky characters, the journey takes an unexpected and dark turn in a town called Middlevale. Thrown into a face-off with superstitious and maybe unhinged townsfolk, Sam's little adventure to solve riddles about his family history has shifted to something else altogether.

Amid Middlevale's corn shocks and scythes, Sam must fight to find his path forward.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1963832566
• ISBN13: 9781963832563
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Artemesia Publishing, LLC
• Length: 300 Pages