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Matthew Costello Vacation

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It will never be the same. In the novel by Matthew Costello Vacation Jack Murphy a nypd cop and his partner rodriguez, were attacked in an apartment building. Jack watched as his partner was ripped apart by the can heads (infected humans). Jack was also injured trying to protect himself from a can head. He now has to go to therapy and was told he couldn’t go back into work until he takes some vacation time. So he agrees to take some vacation time. He takes himself and his family on a vacation or family camp c called patterville Up north. Where families and people can pretend the world isn’t going to hell. There all happy going swimming, hiking going to the beach meeting new people. But jack just couldn’t help but feel uneasy thinking it

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