all the victims’ eyes are closed

All the Victims’ Eyes Are Closed is a lean, fast-paced neo-noir that weaves in and out of flashbacks to reveal how the sins of the past have a bad habit of catching up to us when we least expect it.

Ted is a forty-something accountant for a software company who spends his days chasing clients for unpaid bills. His beautiful wife, Kate, is newly pregnant with their second child and is worried about her career as a successful marketing executive. They’re both facing the reality of becoming parents again while their teenage daughter, Sam, is getting ready to head off to college. All of those concerns are suddenly upended when Ted awakens one morning to a news report that his Aunt Betty has been brutally murdered in her home. Sparking memories of his own outlaw past, along with the trauma of his parents’ violent deaths, Ted knows that some things can’t be left behind.

Izzy, the last surviving member of the crew of career criminals that included Ted’s parents, has just been released from prison after thirty years, and he’s got an idea that someone owes him a lot of money, and the only person still alive to pay it is Ted. The clock’s ticking, with the lives of Ted’s family at stake, so Ted better figure out some way to get Izzy his money fast, even if it means losing everything in the process.

In this gritty tale, the stakes are personal, the cars drive fast, the air is smoky, and the only music playing on the radio is moody jazz.