In the Blink of an Eye Book Tour

A locked-room mystery shaped by science, secrecy, and shifting possibilities immediately sets an intriguing tone in In the Blink of an Eye by Yoav Blum. The combination of an impossible death and a time-altering invention creates a premise built on uncertainty and quiet tension.

Professor Yonatan Brand’s death inside his sealed study presents a puzzle that resists ordinary logic: a body, a locked room, and a time machine built by a scientist who understood better than anyone the dangers of tampering with time. When the police can’t decipher what happened, the unlikely investigative pair of Benjamin “Bunker” Kronovic—an actor well past his glory days—and Abigail Canaani—a reclusive librarian—are drawn into the mystery. Their usual work involves mundane small-town cases, but Brand’s machine forces them into a landscape where cause and effect blur, and every answer raises the question of not only who killed Professor Brand, but when.

As Bunker and Abigail stumble through a mystery where time is as treacherous as truth, they discover that the question isn’t just who killed Professor Brand, but when. In the Blink of an Eye combines suspense with thoughtful speculative elements, following two ordinary people caught in an extraordinary crime.

Yoav Blum is an author known for blending high-concept speculative ideas with gripping mystery, thriller, and philosophical depth. His work explores extraordinary situations—time travel, body switching, orchestrated coincidences—while grounding them in questions of identity, perception, fate, and free will. Beneath each thriller or puzzle lies a reflection on what it means to be human. His tone is introspective, suspenseful, and often playfully self-aware. Learn more at his website, or connect via Facebook, Instagram, or X.

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Author Q&A

How did you research your book?

I usually start by diving deep into the “what if” behind the story. With In the Blink of an Eye, I read so many scientific papers about time travel that I had to remind myself I wasn’t actually trying to build a time machine…

My research is really about building a world big enough to feel real before I write every single chapter.

What’s the hardest scene or character you wrote—and why?

Any scene that hurts my characters is tough for me. They feel a bit like friends, and putting them through pain always comes with a pang of guilt. But those moments also create the strongest emotional payoff, so finishing them feels incredibly meaningful.

Where do you get your ideas?

Mostly from daydreaming and from the big “what if?” questions that won’t let go of me. The essence of self, the meaning that is hidden in the day-to-day. Sometimes a book or article sparks something; sometimes it’s me challenging myself to try a new structure or narrative trick. Everything starts with curiosity.

What sets your book apart from others in your genre?

I always try to mix fast-paced plots with a deeper philosophical question underneath. Each book is my attempt to explore something existential—identity, fate, time, consciousness—wrapped inside an accessible, emotional story. I want the story to stay with readers after the last page.

What’s your favorite compliment you’ve received as a writer?

When someone tells me the book made them think long after they closed it. If the reading experience continues beyond the actual reading, that’s the best compliment I can imagine. That means they were not just reading, they were experiencing something.

Your Writing Life

Do you write every day? What’s your schedule?

Not every day. It comes in waves, different periods of time come with different goals. Some periods are for drafting, others for editing, and some are just for thinking and daydreaming. It all balances out.

Where do you write—home, coffee shop, train?

Mostly at home, at a small desk in the corner with music in the background. I just need my laptop and some quiet. But sometimes I’ll sneak out to a café or a park to shake the routine.

Any quirky writing rituals or must-have snacks?

No real rituals, but I do make custom playlists for whatever I’m writing. Playlists for action scenes, for emotion scenes, for a character’s monologue… The right soundtrack feels like switching on the creative engine.

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