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

   As Jon didn't need to be in Trewe's office until later, he went to secure anything salvageable from his wreck of a caravan that was now cordoned off as a crime scene. What the fire didn't get had been slashed or smashed beyond recognition. Graphite smears and glass shards coated everything. A few of his books he could dry out or repair, and he had more in his car. He knocked on Perstow's rear door again and had a brief natter. "Did Mrs. Perstow hear anything last night?"


   "Not a thing, sar. The wife said all was quiet till the ball of fire from the caravan drew her attention; it didn't make a sound that she heard. She saw a flash o' light, and soon after, you raised the alarm at the back door, just as I arrived home."


Chapter 26