Review: Read up and you won't be disappointed!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2010
All for Secret Service agents have secrests, even those no longer in service.  Meet Argus Ward, a former Secret Service agent who runs a protection agency catering to the rich and famous.  His secret: he is a functioning paranoid schizophrenic.  Accused of killing a famous client, who is also the richest man in America, Argus finds himself with no memory of the murder and in a psychiatric ward.  But how do you prove the world is out to get you when you're a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic?  It's not real, it's only paranoia, right?Eric Christopherson's debut novel is a psychological thriller with twists and turns.  Is he paranoid?  Is it real?  He easily blurs the reality line in Cracked-Up.  Christopherson is masterful with his descriptions of what being a paranoid schizophrenic would be like.  I couldn't tell what was real and what was "an episode" at certain points.  I was sure Argus Ward had "Cracked-Up" and then I was sure he was sane and so the cycle went until the end.  If you're in the mood for twists and turns, pick this one up.  I plan on reading more by Mr. Christopherson.