When the Levee Breaks: A Dark Novel of Revenge

By Paul McParland

Praise for Fortitude

"Vivid storytelling (that) plays like a colourful thriller film across the page...extremely intense moments give way to some hilarious encounters. Fortitude is an impressive debut novel, in which the characters come to life."

Praise for Blackwater

"Carefully crafted...skilled story-teller Paul weaves his magic and takes us on a journey with many spooky twists and turns which come together with a satisfying finale. Fantastic book and...very talented author "

Praise for Home for the Holidays

"Funny, gritty, gory and so descriptive that my imagination was on fire."

"(A novel of) conscience, despair, redemption, morality, revenge and utter brutality"

From the author of the Top 20 best-selling International Mystery and Crime novel, Fortitude, the Top 10 best-selling Ghost Horror novel, Blackwater, and the Top 5 best-selling Organised Crime novel, Home for the Holidays.

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WARNING Reader discretion is advised: This novel tackles issues which may be disturbing or triggering Themes include bullying, extreme violence, sexual assault, racism, homophobia, and mental illness.

Joshua has been a victim all his life - abused by his peers and ignored by his teachers. Joshua has had enough.

A powerful study on our modern society and the isolated ecosphere of high school that is masked from adults.

Joshua is in custody and Detective Eric Taylor must extract the true story and order of events in a day where chaos has left a small Maine town in disarray.

Praise for When The Levee Breaks:
"The novel's protagonist is a modern day Holden Caulfield...(and Garcia is)...manipulative and ambitious...his charm and intelligence mirror Iago's treacherous machinations in Othello..."
"...deals with the cycle of violence, truth and perception, and societal indifference and complicity."

Categories:

Hate List - Jennifer Brown

This Is Where It End - Marieke Nijkamp

One of us is lying - Karen M. McManus

The Rumour - Lesley Kara

Two can keep a secret - Karen M. McManus

This Lie will Kill you - Chelsea Pitcher

That's not what happened - Kody Keplinger

13 Reasons why - Jay Asher

The Hunting Party - Lucy Foley

Dear Charlie - N.D. Gomes

The Spectators - Jennifier DuBois

Snapped - Laura Griffin

Close Your Eyes - Nicci Cloke

13 Minutes - Sarah Pinborough

Every moment after - Joseph Moldover

The Black Hour - Lori Rader-Day

Hate - Brad Randolph

Youth Without God - Odon Von Horvath

The Lost Prayer of Ricky Graves - James Han Mattson

Question of Blood - Ian Rankin

After Shock - Andrew Vachss

Are you still there? - Sarah Lynn Scheerger

Rage - Stephen King

Bystanders - Jonathan McKee

In the Skin of a Monster - Kathryn Barker

The Journal of peter Rubin - Vincent Bivona

Body Count - Hoffa Dawryta and Jerrice Owens

The Bell - Alec Hutchinson

If we had known - Elise Juska

Monday, Monday - Elizabeth Crook

Columbine - Dave Cullen

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

No easy Answers - Brooks Brown

Parkland - Dave Cullen

We Need to Talk about Kevin - Lionel shriver

Quicksand - Malin Persson Giolito

The Third Victim - Lisa Gardner

We thought we were invincible - Michelle Lynn

Our hearts will burn us down - Anne Valente

Boo - Neil Smith

Rupture - Simon Lelic

School Days - Robert B. Parker

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980569991
• ISBN13: 9781980569992
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"