Ticktock

SUMMARY: Tommy Phan is a successful detective novelist living the American Dream in southern California. One evening he comes home to find a small rag doll on his doorstep. ItвЂTMs a simple doll, covered entirely in white cloth, with crossed black stitches for the eyes and mouth, and another pair forming an X over the heart. Curious, he brings it inside.That night Tommy hears an odd popping sound and looks up to see the stitches breaking over the dollвЂTMs heart. And in minutes the fabric of Tommy PhanвЂTMs reality will be torn apart. Something terrifying emerges from the pristine white cloth, something that will follow Tommy wherever he goes. Something that he canвЂTMt destroy. It wants TommyвЂTMs life, and he doesnвЂTMt know why. He has only one ally, a beautiful, strangely intuitive waitress he meets by chance—or by a design far beyond his comprehension. He has too many questions, no answers, and very little time. Because the vicious and demonically clever doll has left this warning on TommyвЂTMs computer screen:The deadline is dawn.TicktockTime is running out.