Finger

By D.B. Crelia

"Fascinated, horrified and just a little nauseous, Clay looked down upon the broken heap of Emily. He watched transfixed, as a single rivulet of blood escaped its source, sometimes pooling in small depressions, other times rushing freely across the wide open face of the rock ledge far below, before finally disappearing over the edge."Did he push her? Or did she fall, or maybe even jump? From there Clay embarks upon a deranged, yet meticulously planned journey of dark and brutal vengeance. Will he cross all the names off the list before his own madness consumes him?After responding to a call in the country outside the small Texas town of Manhattan, Sheriff's Deputy Dan "Finger" Culbreath finds a man mutilated in a bizarre way, but miraculously still alive. As more of the strange attacks occur, Dan is slowly dragged back into a past that he has spent the last 25 years trying to forget. The origin of his much hated high school nickname is at the center of it all. Can he hold on to his secret long enough to survive? Lieutenant Cheryl Ortega's missing leg may technically qualify her as a disabled veteran, but in reality, she is anything but. Her mountaineering and backcountry skills once again earn her the responsibility of leading an investigation to a remote wilderness area near her home in the mountains of New Mexico. While the circumstances surrounding the woman's body found in the rugged and inaccessible back country seem to her to indicate foul play, others don't agree and the cause of death is listed as suicide. When no next of kin can be found, the victim's ashes end up in Cheryl's hands. Finding where to lay Emily to rest will take her on a strange and dangerous journey to a small town in Texas.As the story lines converge, shocking truths come to the surface. This twisted tale of love, loss and deranged empowerment will leave you shuddering in disgust and feeling guilty for laughing at the dark and morbid humor.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977060315
• ISBN13: 9781977060310
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"