Books like Umney's Last Case by Stephen King
In a 1930s Los Angeles setting, private detective Clyde Umney’s routine day turns extraordinary when the crime‑fiction author who named him steps into his office. The writer demands that they exchange identities and, under an inexplicable force, Umney is transported to 1994 with the writer assuming his old self. Faced with a new decade, strange surroundings, and a mission to return to his own universe, Umney must navigate unfamiliar territory and devise a plan to retrieve his identity and confront the creator who set the chain in motion.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Stephen King
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