Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: Heron Bay Publishing
ISBN-10: 0988536331
Type: Fiction
Pages: 46
Copyright: Jan 1, 2015
ISBN-13: 9780988536333
Stand-alone short story:Gloria Spencer travels to Sicily and learns the meaning of "omertà." Code of silence.
Gloria Spencer had been warned about Sicily—mobs of sinister men with murderous minds. Still, when she crosses the Strait of Messina with her friend Kathy, Gloria never dreamed she'd get an offer she can't refuse.
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Excerpt
"Just then, the man in black held up a hand to part the several remaining women next to his table. Catching sight of Gloria, he held her stare for a long moment, made a comment to his friend, pointed, and slowly stood, the blank look on his face replaced by what seemed a menacing smile."
Determined to confront the hazy memories of his troubled youth, Oliver Matthews, a retired detective and confirmed bachelor, returns to the picturesque town of Henley-on-Thames for the first time in years.
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
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