THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN HERE is a tale of lifelong love and how a small town copes with the unexpected: Nicholas Sparks meets Dennis Lehane in a quiet Richard Russo village. This literary thriller comprises 92,000 words.

When Harvard freshman Billy Jones returns to his hometown of Memphis, Maine, for what he expects will be his final summer at home, he takes an uncharacteristic risk and pursues Ginny Doogan, the girl he has loved from afar since grammar school. Encouraged by his wisecracking best friend Charlie, Billy asks Ginny on a date, and he soon discovers they have a stronger bond than he could have ever imagined.

Billy’s good fortune turns, however, when he finds the dismembered body of a high school classmate along the Penobscot River. When another victim surfaces beneath the town marina three weeks later, Billy sees a thread connecting him to the two fallen men, in a dark secret he long ago chose to forget.

For more information, visit my website:
http://www.jasonshaffner.com

NEWS! On April 23rd I was featured on Kelly Spitzer's, The Writer Profile Project. While you're there, check out all the incredible authors Kelly has profiled over the last few months!

New this week on my blog:

- Cowboy Mouth @ The Middle East
- Reviewing Mamma Mia! at Mandalay Bay
- An Intimidating Crowd: Stone Sour @ Avalon

Coming soon on my blog...
- Harry Connick Jr. @ Citi Wang Boston
- Puerto Rican Bioluminescent Bays
- Details on my ongoing agent search!