This new crime thriller brings a haunting, video game-inspired edge to NYC noir

It was the right time to write a novel. I had always been mesmerized by horror and mystery, ever since I was a child. After writing All Your Base Are Belong to Us, my non-fiction history of games, I was continually inspired by the industry’s best, darkest narratives. I was also thinking about “My Life Among the Serial Killers,” the book Dr. Helen Morrison and I wrote, which became a worldwide bestseller. And I began to study horror and mystery seriously after immersing myself in games like Alan Wake and L.A. Noire.