SUSPECT - 2012 Nomination for AALAS Literary Award
I had never read an anthology of any kind before reading SUSPECT: A CONFESSIONAL ANTHOLOGY and wasn't quite sure what to expect.
I can tell you this book has taken me on an exhausting journey where each and every emotion was touched and awakened. I literally cried for some of the characters, and harbored hatred for others. I even, at times, wanted to scream out warnings to a few. Dwelling on our sins can eat us alive. The memories will consume our lives if we allow them to, and sometimes they can destroy us.
The Trinity Church in Portsborough, New York, is the chosen place for those searching for peace at Christmas. They come with their burdens of rape, child abandonment, prostitution, murder and vengeance. Some come looking to confess their sins, and others come seeking redemption, and forgiveness. And then there are those that come to make peace the only way they see fit...through revenge.
I love SUSPECT: A CONFESSIONAL ANTHOLOGY because there is a bit of every one of us in the stories. Something we all can identify with. The authors involved in writing the anthology are serious story tellers, with a keen sense of human tragedy, commitment, redemption, and forgiveness. Be sure to pick up your copy soon. You'll never see Christmas quite the same.
Awesome job Linda Watson, LM Blakely, JA Gardner, Lorita Kelsey-Childress, Jean Holloway, C. Highsmith-Hooks, Michele T. Darring and TL James. What a ride!!
Review by B. Grovner (author of EVEN NUMBERS, COLD CRAZY & COLD SERIAL)
I can tell you this book has taken me on an exhausting journey where each and every emotion was touched and awakened. I literally cried for some of the characters, and harbored hatred for others. I even, at times, wanted to scream out warnings to a few. Dwelling on our sins can eat us alive. The memories will consume our lives if we allow them to, and sometimes they can destroy us.
The Trinity Church in Portsborough, New York, is the chosen place for those searching for peace at Christmas. They come with their burdens of rape, child abandonment, prostitution, murder and vengeance. Some come looking to confess their sins, and others come seeking redemption, and forgiveness. And then there are those that come to make peace the only way they see fit...through revenge.
I love SUSPECT: A CONFESSIONAL ANTHOLOGY because there is a bit of every one of us in the stories. Something we all can identify with. The authors involved in writing the anthology are serious story tellers, with a keen sense of human tragedy, commitment, redemption, and forgiveness. Be sure to pick up your copy soon. You'll never see Christmas quite the same.
Awesome job Linda Watson, LM Blakely, JA Gardner, Lorita Kelsey-Childress, Jean Holloway, C. Highsmith-Hooks, Michele T. Darring and TL James. What a ride!!
Review by B. Grovner (author of EVEN NUMBERS, COLD CRAZY & COLD SERIAL)
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SUSPECT - A Confessional Anthology
It is the night before Christmas at Portsborough, New York. The snow blankets the ground, the shining lights,placed with great care, hang from the trees and the smell of chestnuts roasting permeates the air. Although the city is ready for Christmas, the people who are finding themselves in Trinity Church are not there to celebrate the birth of their Savoir. No tonight, they find themselves confessing sins they meant to keep hidden from the world.
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Excerpt from 'The Escort'
Hours later, Iam stood at the double doors. His heart was so heavy and mind burdened with all the pain from his Christmas Eve experience. Confessions about murders, haunting spirits, vile acts against his creations by his creations, and the ultimate – wishing death upon HIM consumed his mind. He gave so much to mankind, but mankind was still hurting and hurtful. As he took steps through the double doors, the bright sun and the crystal clear sky burned his eyes. He was so burdened that he didn’t even marvel at his own creation.
Iam slowly walked down the steps with his mind spinning. He was so consumed in thought that when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he jumped, exclaiming “Mary, Joseph, and Judas!”
Iam slowly walked down the steps with his mind spinning. He was so consumed in thought that when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he jumped, exclaiming “Mary, Joseph, and Judas!”