The Moment of a Blink

Professor Jonathan Brand, a well-known expert in physics, is found shot in his office. Doors and windows are locked from the inside, creating a classic “locked-room” mystery that puzzles the police. Two amateur detectives take on the case: the modest Avigaiil Hanaanai, who works in a library, and Binyamin Kronovik, known as Banker, an entertainer at children’s events who dreams of a theatrical career. Soon they learn that Jonathan Brand was developing a time machine—and may even have managed to build it. Now, to solve the case, the heroes must find out not where the culprit is, but when…

“Instant of an Eye” is an exciting science-fantasy detective story filled with paradoxes, unexpected plot twists, humor, and an irresistible authorial charm familiar to readers from “The Creators of Coincidences,” “A Guide for the Next Few Days,” and other works.