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Joseph A Wellman
Category:
Action/Thriller
ISBN-10: 0595419879
Type: Fiction
Pages: 327
Copyright: November 15, 2006
On her eighth birthday, Anita witnesses the rape and murder of her mother. Thus begins a series of events that will forever alter her life. In the years following her mother’s death, Anita suffers more indignities and pain. After her seventeenth birthday, and with the aid of a friend, Jack Schroeder, Anita escapes first to Chicago and eventually to California. Twenty-five years later, she returns to Illinois, and by chance encounters the three who murdered her mother. As she remembers that fateful day, and all of the atrocities that have since happened to her, she makes a decision. She will exact
The Darkness of Mid Day is a volatile story that will test the reader’s ability to acutely discern a sinner from a saint. Let the reader beware… as the characters of this story invade your psyche, you may be left with no hero to champion.
Can murder ever be justified? You’ll have to decide, because you may find yourself rooting for a cold blooded murderer.
All those people had it coming, right? Maybe… but when “good” people begin to die, your allegiance will vanish and you will be shocked at the unexpected ending of this dark tale.
Joseph A. Wellman’s The Darkness of Mid Day is an emotionally charged novel that will keep you in suspense and I highly recommend it to adult readers.
Saundra Julian, reviewer/author
Excerpt
“I love you, Mommy. I love you.”
“And I love you, Sweet Stuff.”
Setting her back on the barn floor, she says, “And next week, we’re flying to California and going to Disneyland. How about that?”
A loud squeal follows Jennifer’s announcement.
“Well, well, well, isn’t this a pretty sight. A birthday party and we weren’t even invited. What do you think about that, boys?”
At the sound of the voice, Jennifer has a quick intake of air, turns and stares at Todd, who’s smiling and chewing a piece of cake he had picked up from the table. Jennifer pushes Anita behind her. Looking to her right, she sees another of the trio. Where’s the third one, she wonders, as she searches to her left.
“He’s behind you, if you’re wondering.”
Out of the corner of her eye, she sees him sitting on a bale of straw, grinning as if he knows the answer, and she hasn’t even guessed the question.
Jennifer tries to remain calm and in control, but her high-pitched voice gives her away when she squeaks out, “What do you want?”
“Why, we want to party with you. Nothing wrong with that, is there?”
Jennifer doesn’t answer as she looks about wondering how to get out of this predicament. There’s no way out, as both of them are blocking the large barn door opening, and there’s no way out the back. Trapped!
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