I give Murder In Middletona five star review. Haunting, ghostly, mystery. It takes a strong person to deal with the unknown. Shannon is such a strong character. She doesn't give up in solving this mystery. Good twists. Thanks, Charlotte for a good read.
Blurb:
Shannon
O’Reilly is a teenager with a problem - she can see her ancestors’ ghosts, and
they want her to solve their 100-year old murder mystery. Annabelle and Lily
Edmonson have been waiting a long time for someone to see them so that they can
tell their story of betrayal, and finally reveal their true killer.
When Shannon begins researching the murders at the local library, someone takes notice. She begins receiving threatening notes and photographs taken of her without her knowledge. An explosion at her home takes away what she holds most dear - her parents.
A secret society steps in and offers to help Shannon fine tune her psychic abilities and to assist in protecting her from those bent on eliminating her. Someone is willing to pay any price to keep the truth, as well as her ancestors, dead and buried.
When Shannon begins researching the murders at the local library, someone takes notice. She begins receiving threatening notes and photographs taken of her without her knowledge. An explosion at her home takes away what she holds most dear - her parents.
A secret society steps in and offers to help Shannon fine tune her psychic abilities and to assist in protecting her from those bent on eliminating her. Someone is willing to pay any price to keep the truth, as well as her ancestors, dead and buried.
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Excerpt:
Shannon
held her breath for a moment and waited for her mother to join her. A loud
explosion erupted from the rear of her house.
She started to run around to the side of the house, but huge flames were
shooting outwards and upwards from the area where her back porch had been.
“Mom, Dad!”
she screamed into the night.
Shannon
couldn't see anything in the wreckage and she almost caught herself on fire
trying to get back into the house when a man's arms grabbed her from
behind.
“Stop!” he
yelled in her ear. “The fire truck will
be here any minute!”
Shannon
tried to wrestle her way out of the man's arms, but he held on to her tight and
pulled her backwards away from the house.
A crowd
started to form near the Opportunity Shop and the sound of sirens could be
heard from where Shannon stood. They
whined louder and louder until they appeared on the street before her
house. It seemed like total chaos had
broken out as the firemen raced with their hoses to the rear of the house.
Another
fireman ran to the front of the neighbor's house and attached the hose to the
fire hydrant. In a few moments the men
had a large fountain of water pointed at her back porch and they wrestled the
snake of a hose in an effort to control the blaze.
The sheriff
wasn't very far behind and he arrived with the lights on the top of his car
flashing. Thankfully, he had his siren
off and the growing crowd moved to allow him to park his car close to the
house.
“Where's
the O'Reillys?” he yelled to the fire chief above the chaos.
Shannon
stared at him and knew he would be turning to face her any moment.
“I don't
know where the other two are," and he nodded towards Shannon.
She knew
the two men were talking about her parents.
Her mind started to race and she thought it just wasn't possible that
they were actually in that fire. It
wasn't possible to have this many bad things happen in rapid succession.
The chief
pointed at Shannon and the sheriff made eye contact with her. He purposefully strode up to her and the man
who was now holding her close.
“I'll take
it from here Fred,” the Sheriff said.
The man who
had been holding her was their next-door neighbor, Mr. Bickham. He slowly let go of her and turned away with
tears filling his eyes. Shannon was left
standing alone in the side yard of her house staring at the blaze as if in a
trance.
“Shannon,
what happened here?” the fire chief demanded, not quite believing himself that
their house had exploded.
Shannon
could only manage to shake her head.
Tears slowly began to roll down her bright pink cheeks. The sheriff got down on one knee and took her
hands in his.
“I’ll find
someone to help, it’ll be okay,” he said unconvincingly.
A woman
forced her way through the crowd and said boldly, “I’ll see to her.”
Shannon
didn’t even bother looking up to see who her champion was. Nothing mattered
anymore; she felt completely alone.
Myrtle
Green helped Shannon to her car and buckled her into the front passenger
seat. She knew not to ask Shannon any
questions; there would be plenty of time for that later. They
drove back to her house having not said a word.
Myrtle got
out of the car and then went around to Shannon's side and unbuckled her from
the seat like a small child. She held
out her hand and helped her out of the car.
Shannon stared ahead blankly and allowed herself to be led through the
now familiar gate and walkway up to the house.
The smell
of cookies and chocolate still hung in the air when they opened the front
door. Tears started rolling down
Shannon's face again when she realized it had only been a little while since
she had left a happy little party in this house with her mother. Now her parents were gone and they weren't
going to come back. Ever.
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About the
Author:
Charlotte
Gerber began her writing career after becoming disabled in 2004. Since then she has been a writer and editor
for LoveToKnow.com, and most recently covering disability issues for the New
York Times on their About.com website.
Murder in
Middleton, the story of a psychic teenager trying to solve a century’s old
murder mystery, was her first book. A
holiday novella, A Very Merry Middleton Christmas, is scheduled for release
during the holiday season this year. I
Dream of Zombies, the story of Rose Lee, a zombie social worker, will be
released on Halloween this year.
Author Links:
Website
http://www.charlottegerber.com
Twitter
https://twitter.com/gerberink
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