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Mystery/Suspense
Type: Fiction
Copyright: Feb. 12, 2013
Price: $0.99 (eBook)
A suspenseful murder mystery with a psychological twist.
What if the unthinkable happened?
What if your plane crashed on an uninhabited island in the middle of nowhere with only a few survivors? WHAT IF ONE OF THOSE SURVIVORS IS A SERIAL KILLER? A desperate group of strangers are forced to band together in an attempt to endure the most terrifying ordeal of their lives while being stalked by a ruthless and deadly predator.
A passenger jet on its way back to the United States from Fiji on a dark, stormy night crashes on a remote, deserted island in the South Pacific leaving only seven survivors. A U.S. Marshal, a fashion model, a real estate broker, a young soldier, a beautician, an interior designer and a South American businessman.
As days turn into weeks and rescue does not arrive, it becomes apparent that they have been written off as dead to the rest of the world. Then a beautiful young woman suddenly vanishes on the island. When her dead body turns up several days later, terror builds among the remaining six desperate and frightened people as they struggle for survival while trying to escape death at the hands of a vicious and deranged madman!
A twisting plot with a mind-boggling conclusion.
Excerpt
Jo whirled around, her eyes scanning thick woods behind her.
“I’m sure I just saw someone out of the corner of my eye over there in the brush! Did you see anything?”
“No.” Ashley rubbed her forehead.
The two young women stood still as statues, the deep woods quiet except for the soft rippling of water running into the stream. A faint breeze lifted their hair. Suddenly, Jo found her voice.
“Antonio! Antonio!” She yelled, breaking the still silence. “Hurry!”
A minute later he reappeared from the direction in which he had left earlier.
“What’s the problem?” He called out as he strode toward the women.
Jo frowned, looking cautiously about but seeing nothing and hearing only the rustling of tree branches as a gentle wind blew past her.
“Uh…false alarm…my imagination, I guess. Sorry.”
“She thought she saw the bogeyman,” Ashley chuckled.
Jo looked back suspiciously over her shoulder again, as they headed up the mound through trees toward the beach camp.
If, in fact, Ashley had only known just how close the real bogeyman literally was to her at that very moment, and to all of them, for that matter, she would have been mortified. The real but terrifying truth hidden around this small group of people would soon become a dreadful nightmare. The bogeyman she joked about was tirelessly observing them, shrouded by the forest greenery. He looked on with lustful desire at the women for whom he had each a lurid plan in mind. He watched and he waited while plotting his dark fantasies. He would take them, one at a time. His excitement rose as he carefully determined who would be the first. Would it be the sexy, raven-haired Lisa or the petite and feisty Jo? Ashley was such a charming temptation with her silky hair and china doll skin. It was like trying to choose between three luscious desserts. He felt rather fortunate that such a unique opportunity had just fallen out of the sky and landed within his reach. Nobody got that lucky but, ironically, by some strange twist of fate, he had managed to do so. Jo had looked right at him through those bushes yet never actually saw him. He had a particular talent for hiding in plain sight, long ago learning ways to blend himself into the environment. What a terrible misfortune for these people that he had survived the crash.
The men would have to be annihilated, of course. He didn’t need them in his way. His black heart raced in anticipation as he looked upon the enticement so near him. The more he tried to harness his urges, the stronger his insatiable appetite for lust, pain and murder grew. Cold and cruel predator that he was, the delight of the hunt was the most exhilarating part for him. He would bide his time. He would let rage and desire mount until he could no longer restrain it. It gave him immense pleasure to fight back the temptation until the right moment presented itself to unleash his insatiable, murderous appetite upon his clueless and unsuspecting prey.
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