Blood on the Chesapeake (The Haunted Shores Mysteries) - Softcover

Overbeck, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509223282 ISBN 13: 9781509223282

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc., 2019

Synopsis

★★★★★ "A book that I could not put down. I read the last 250 pages in a single day. It grabs your attention right away and doesn't let go..." -- an Amazon Reviewer

A dangerous love, the hope of never being discovered.

A new school. A new start for a teacher devastated by a cheating fiancee.

Please Help Me Find Justice. The cry from a desperate ghost.

★★★★★ "Beautifully written, with many exciting twists and turns..." -- another Amazon Reviewer

A Murder Mystery, a Ghost Story, and a Dangerous Romance all combine to make Blood on the Chesapeake a Suspense Thriller That You Just Cannot Put Down.

Wilshire, Maryland. A quaint shore town on the Chesapeake, promises Darrell Henshaw a new start in life and a second chance at love.

That is, until he learns the town hides an ugly secret. A thirty-year-old murder in the high school. And a frightening ghost stalking his new office.

Burned by an earlier encounter with the spirit world, Darrell does not want to get involved, but when the desperate ghost hounds him, he concedes.

Assisted by his new love, he follows a trail that leads to the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and even the Ku Klux Klan.

Then, when two locals who try to help are murdered, Darrell is forced to decide if he is willing to risk his life - and the life of the woman he loves - to expose the killers of a young man he never knew.

Blood on the Chesapeake is an incredible suspense thriller that forces the reader to recognize the ignorance and evils of a history that seems not so long ago. This murder mystery is skillfully written to present a cold case that should never have been forgotten.

This ghost story challenges our sense of right and wrong, and condemns the injustice of complacency and of letting silence hide the truth.

One great read, one story you won't easily forget, one thoroughly entertaining novel that you'll save - to read again, to share with friends, to ensure we learn from the past.

Ideal for book clubs! You can even arrange your own personal book club Skype with the author.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Randy Overbeck is a veteran educator who has served children as a teacher, a college professor and school leader. During his more than three decades of experience, his roles have ranged from senior prom advisor to superintendent and he has lived the roles of many of the characters in his fiction.  A tireless advocate for literacy instruction, Dr. Overbeck has won state and national awards and has also served on numerous state and national boards with contacts throughout the U.S.
                                                            
An accomplished writer for more than two decades, he has been published in trade journals, professional texts and newspapers. His first novel, Leave No Child Behind, was released in 2010 by Heroic Teacher Press. The novel, a thriller about a terrorist takeover of a high school in Ohio and the teacher who defeats the terrorists, earned rave reviews and was named the Silver Award Winner for 2011 Thriller of the Year from ReadersFavorite.com. 
A members of the Mystery Writers of America, he is an active member of the literary community, contributing to a writers' critique group, serving as a mentor to emerging writers and participating in writing conferences such as Sleuthfest and Killer Nashville.
 

From the Back Cover

A desperate ghost helps to unearth the ugly secrets of a small town situated on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay

Edition details

• Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509223282
• ISBN 13: 9781509223282
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410