Savage Secrets

Elise and Scott are a young couple who are in the Hamptons taking care of her dying father, Victor. Victor is an evil man. He abused Elise and her brother and has mistreated Scott. While Elise spends her days at the hospital, Scott stays at Victor’s house, drinks his liquor and looks for something to end his boredom. He watches a timed light go on in the house next door and decides to investigate. When he finds the door unlocked he ventures in. Later he convinces Elise to join him there for a little forbidden pleasure. What they discover is shocking. Soon the couple becomes involved in a heinous situation that spirals downward and threatens everything they have. The Winter Girl by Matt Marinovich is a dark psychological thiller that stuns the reader with wicked deeds. DB  

Carry on

How do people recover from horrific events beyond their control? Jenny Rowan was kidnapped at age 8 and held captive by an abuser for 18 months. She managed to escape and live in a shopping- mall until she was discovered and put into foster care. Now she is a production editor at a news station in Washington, D.C.  Jenny is a survivor. She is a decidedly private person who keeps the past and the present at a distance she can control. When Detective Jack Collins shows up at her home and asks her to help a young girl who has been rescued from captivity, she is forced to come to terms with the nightmares of her childhood  and the choices she has made since escaping it. Others of My Kind by James Sallis is a very short story that provides insight into the resolute mindset of those who persevere. DB