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

   Ruth felt her loose tooth with the tip of her tongue. She held her arms across her belly, bent into them, gulping air. She fought the desire to throw up.


   Malone waved the flame of his torch over a small box. He lifted out a necklace that looked like it was made of colored glass, but something told her that he wouldn't be this crazy if it were only glass. A snake-like quality oozed from his voice. "Fascinated? Take it."


   "I've never offered you such riches before."


   He spat at her, "Am I so disgusting you cannot look at me, Mother?"


   "Then go." He stood and pushed her ahead of him. 


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