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Breathing Out the Ghost by Kirk Curnutt follows Colin St. Claire, who desperately searches the Midwest for his kidnapped son, AJ, fueled by amphetamines and vengeance. His quest intertwines with that of former private detective Robert Heim, who is determined to bring Colin home to his grieving wife, and Beverly Sis Pruitt, a woman still mourning her daughter’s death seventeen years earlier, who becomes involved when another child goes missing near her home. The novel explores themes of loss, grief, and obsession. The book includes sensitive topics such as family grief, child abduction, and violence.