Treacherous Minds

Yates: “When I drove up on the scene, I noticed two unmarked vehicles at the intersection, with tinted windows and a few assault rifles lying in front of the driveway. As I got closer l turned off my car engine and laid low for a few minutes. Then I hopped out and took cover behind my vehicle. I then grabbed my binoculars and began looking around to make sure the coast was clear. I noticed one of the unmarked vehicles had two assault rifles sticking out of the back window so I identified myself. I said, ‘My name is Detective Yates from the 14th precinct. Lay your weapons on the ground. Turn and face me, put your hands in the air and come out quietly!’ At this point I identified the suspect as Bones the convict. I immediately observed what appeared to be a gunshot wound and blood gushing from the middle section on the upper part of his chest”. Knox: “What happened Yates, you shoot first then ask questions later?” Yates: “I don’t like the way this conversation is going. I was acting in self-defense, so I don’t know why I’m being interrogated”. Knox: “So what are you trying to say? He was shot prior to your arrival?” Yates: “Apparently”. Knox: “After you had an altercation with the person in question, what did you do next?” Yates: “Bones continued shooting, while I took cover behind my vehicle. Again I instructed him to show his hands. Bones launched towards his vehicle and fired on me with what I ascertain to be a K-47 an assault rifle. I returned fire and took cover while Bones continued to engage me. When he paused to reload, I immediately pulled out my Glock 45 caliber from my holster, along with my binoculars to get a clear and effective shot. At that point, I seized the opportunity to take an effective shot”. Stitch: “Yates; this is what I would really like to know, what were you doing in Detroit, 42nd Street 7th Avenue without any back-up?” Yates: “I am not at liberty to elaborate on this particular subject. The fact of the matter is, I was attending to a family matter. Which I think is still legal. Isn’t it?” Knox: “No need to get all bent out of shape. We just wanted to know exactly what transpired between you and the person in question”. Yates: “Are we done?” Knox: “Don’t leave town until we are finished with our investigation. We are done here”.

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The powerful story of a mind at the edge of unraveling, held together by love and acceptance. Nest and Q walk through the city. Nest speaks and Q listens. Mile by mile, Nest tells Q about her life, her family, her past . . . and her Chimaera, the beast that preys on her mind and causes her to lose herself. Q knows only that his love for Nest runs deeper than the demon that plagues her thoughts, that he loves her in spite of—or perhaps because of—the personal battle she fights every day. A beautifully-written, haunting story. Praise for Ten Miles One Way: “A loving but honest treatment of mental illness, these words will sing off the page and into your heart. No question: the world is a better place with Patrick Downes writing in it.”—A. M. Jenkins, author of the Printz Honor Book Repossessed * "Downes subtly plumbs the depths of mental illness within the broader context of relationship and self-awareness....An intricate, unusual love story for readers attuned to compassion."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Through bewitching prose, idiosyncratic detail, and the presentation of a mind simultaneously on the edge of epiphany and exhaustion, breakthrough and breakdown, Downes crafts a tender portrayal of both mental illness and love itself. Part romance, part poetry, and part monologue, perceptive teens will devour this one."—Booklist "This is a dark, affecting tale about the mind of a bipolar adolescent attempting to run from her own thoughts, and her boyfriend, who listens, learns, and loves her throughout everything. Many readers will connect with this raw, powerful portrait of a young person living with mental illness. Recommended for most YA collections."—School Library Journal "What’s most interesting is that underneath the journey and the mental illness and even the harrowing crash, this is at the core a love story, one that isn’t always pretty or even healthy but is absolutely memorable."—BCCB "Downes doesn’t cloak the depth of Nest’s suffering nor offer false promises about love’s ability to rescue or redeem."—Publishers Weekly Praise for Fell of Dark: * “A stunning debut novel that offers sophisticated readers a glimpse into the psychological disintegration of two distinct characters.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review * “[W]hether in an image or in a confused, despairing reaction to an incomprehensible world . . . Downes’s vision will connect into an epiphany.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review * “Readers willing to sink into the depths of two unstrung teens and their frantic individual struggles to understand the cruelties and redemptions of the universe will be rewarded by this disarming, thought-provoking, and entrancing story.”—Booklist, starred review “Here is a book built of darkness and gleam, of raw emotion and shattering poetry, of harrowing compulsions and zero compromise. Patrick Downes possesses blazing, beautiful, terrifying talent. His characters walk the shadows. His language bursts like sky.”—Beth Kephart, National Book Award nominee “Luminous and pure. A masterwork of astonishing authority and beauty.”—Julie Berry, author of All the Truth That’s in Me