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 Graham watched the obviously offended man stomp out of the cubicle and across the room to where his wife was sitting. 


   "Ne'er liked that one so much." Perstow glowered. 


   Jon glanced at Perstow. "I didn't know you had a car."


   "I do keep a car in the old lean-to, but there's not much need for driving it about except on holidays. I'd rather make use of my trusty push bike. But what he says is bothersome. I had always believed Liz Malone came from humble circumstances and came up in the world marrying that one."


Chapter 42