By the way, Sheaves of Zion won the bronze in the mystery/thriller category of the Readers'' Favorite Book Awards.
Our very own Eric Sullivan had this to convey to me recently:
By the way, Sheaves of Zion won the bronze in the mystery/thriller category of the Readers' Favorite Book Awards. It's not the gold but not bad for a first novel. The gold winner was a well established writer. I'm headed to Miami in November for the ceremony. Thanks for the great editing.
Eric won that Bronze award from Readersfavorite.com, found here:
Click here Following his rejection by the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Dr. Thelonious Zones finds himself counseling inmates at a South Georgia prison for his uncle’s consulting firm. It’s a job he abhors. He fears something in his past, from his childhood, may have skewed the psychological testing he underwent for the job against him. Everything changes for him, however, when he is visited by the FBI and local law enforcement during a prisoner counseling session. Dead bodies are showing up in Metro Atlanta’s religious places. His knowledge of religious and institutional symbolism in crime scenes may help in deciphering the cryptic images left by the murderer. He is joined by a seasoned detective who doubts his theories of the crimes and sets out to prove him wrong. Zones’ pursuit of answers leads him on a path riddled with mysticism and secret societies. The more he learns the more he is convinced that rigid dogma, based on ancient conflicts, is at the heart of the murders.
Willa Goodheart, honest and hard-working white collar worker finds herself connected to a police investigation for a serial killer; and she hasn't a clue why - that is, until she begins digging.