When Ruth Butler escaped Texas for a sleepy seaside village in the south of England, it was to rescue her infant daughter from the perverted demon she had married. But after ten peaceful years her daughter Annie disappears.

Not far away, a madman has been trying in vain to turn back time. When Ruth turns out to be a dead ringer for his mother, the voices in his head haunt him day and night. The only way to stop his mother’s nagging is to kill her all over again.

Ruth must rely on her instincts and the ally she finds in an undercover detective who’s in town on unrelated business, but neither can search for Annie’s kidnapper openly. Nevertheless, the trail leads from a faceless body in Annie’s clothes to a smuggler’s cave, where the killer drains his victim’s blood an ounce at a time. But he’s got a special purpose for little Annie. He is patient. He will wait–until her mother comes to save her.

Deadly Thyme is created by R.L. Nolen, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Deadly Thyme

   Jon sat across from Perstow in his cramped caravan. "Why?"


   "I tried, sar. But he can see through me every time. Tol' him I recognized you from an interdepartmental communiqué."


   "I could not think of a thing else. Sorry, sar."


   Jon rubbed his face, weary. "You've got other things to worry about. Go about your business and don't let on about anything else concerning me. Understood?"


   After seeing the portly man out, Jon decided to treat old man Tavy to the drink he'd promised him. Even if Jon wasn't part of the investigating team, he was a policeman. Despite a lack of invitation, he would find a way in.


   "Tavy's house is at the back of the village," Sergeant Perstow had told him as he handed him a hand-drawn map of the lanes to follow.


Chapter 17