Tam May
May 2022
Dreambook Press
360 pages
Ebook $2.99
Print $12.99
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About the Book
Can a forward-thinking woman help the police solve a murder in a backward-thinking town?
My Review
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Tony instantly began screaming and yelling. I continued to bite down harder. I continued biting and grinding my teeth until I couldn’t bite anymore. I let go. He fell back onto the bed. I jumped up out of the bed, my heart was pounding, terrified I opened the door, and I was met with darkness. Hurriedly I ran out past the dining room, through the hallway to the kitchen. Panicked, I reached the back door. I began pulling on the door, but it was locked. Fear seized me as I began fumbling with the knob trying to unlock the door. The latch finally twisted up and I raced up the back-hallway stairs. At last, there was light. I ran as fast as I could through the open kitchen door. The light continued to welcome me as I forged ahead running through the hallway past the bathroom and my aunt’s and grandparent’s bedrooms, the dining-room and into the living room to the couch where my grandmother was sitting. I distinctly remember her shocked expression as I pounded towards her as she sat there speechless, on the couch holding my baby brother. I felt relieved and a sense of security momentarily came over me until my grandmother spoke. She stared at me, with her mouth opened in shock. She screamed, “Chanelle, you’re naked! Where are your clothes?” Momentarily, I had forgotten that I was naked, but the awful realization of my nakedness began to cover me like a garment. It was the evidence of my pain, humiliation, and fear. I stood there breathlessly as I gasped, painting for air, naked and ashamed, I told her my story.
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On a video call, Paulina Deacon watches her friend follow a
frenzied murder of crows through the woods. Moments later, Pauli is horrified
when John stumbles upon three men and is murdered. In fear for her own life,
she drives until she finds herself in the small town of Brier, Wisconsin. She
reinvents herself as Polly Madison and is quickly hired to work doing odd jobs
at a rehabilitation clinic.
Hal Karlsen has poured his life in to the Sweetbrier clinic
helping people with addictions. When Polly arrives with her secrets, he is
equal parts irritated and intrigued.
Terror follows Pauli to this small town and grows stronger each day as she
finds her place in the tiny, welcoming community. Slowly, she begins to open up
to Hal. As they work together to uncover exactly who is after her and why,
their friendship deepens.
He pledges to keep her safe. She swears to protect the clinic. But can either live up to those promises while the danger increases daily? And will those murderous crows drive her mad before they figure it all out?
My Review
Crows gather at the oddest times for the most intriguing
reasons. When they flock at the apparent murder of her current crush in a back wood
in North Dakota where Pauli had been substitute teaching and coaching, she
naturally relates the behavior to peril. After trying to place calls to the
sheriff and not knowing what else to do, Pauli drives across two states until
she comes to a tiny town in Wisconsin that seems a safe harbor until she can
sort out the oddness of her life.
Restrictions on contact with the outside world limit Pauli’s
ability to learn about the events surrounding the murder. When she’s forced to rely
on strangers, however kind and eager to help they are, things begin to unravel
in her new little world of honesty, faith, and odd jobs, exercise and knitting
classes at a local institution helping everyone from the rich and famous to every-day
folk with their addictions. Crows continue to flock at times of danger, and
when the stakes deepen, Pauli must decide who and how much to trust. Trust isn’t
just a conditions between humans, she realizes. Matters of faith and putting
her trust for her soul in the right place is her best therapy. The rest is
frosting.
Anita’s story of rescue and finding home in a place of strangers all trying to heal together is a delight. Readers who enjoy tales of adventure and peril wrapped up in love and faith will love A Murder of Crows.
About the author
Good stories are her passion, especially if they are
well-written, have a dose of humor, just a tickle of romance, and a decidedly
non-gory mystery. On the other hand, she lists Frankenstein and Fahrenheit
451 as two of her favorite books. Go figure.
Creating skits was Anita’s first foray into writing. Always
up for a challenge and a reason to postpone defrosting the freezer, she tried her
hand at a full-length novel. It only took five years, but she did it!
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I appreciate the examples from
science and history about how theories of elements, disease, and energy have
evolved as the methods of testing improved; how the Lincoln-Douglass debates of
the mid-nineteenth century US show that complexities of context shape public
opinion, echoing down through the generations.
Moving beyond bickering can only happen when people are willing. “Reason does not work on those who embrace irrationality,” Hushbeck points out. “For some, truth is just a power structure, a tool for oppressors to use on the oppressed.”
Offering plenty of advice for defining and refining disagreements and errors and avoiding repression and censorship, Seeking Truth is not an answer, but a process. Reaching a common goal is a commitment, a constant testing of theory and practice, and keeping communication open. “Hopefully, if a side consistently loses because of bad arguments, they will seek to develop better ones. As a result, the level of discussion will improve.”
We are fallible, Hushbeck concludes, but learning better arguments “can only improve the process of seeking and bringing us all closer to the truth.”
Mr. Hushbeck's background includes academic studies in religion, history, and engineering, culminating with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, and Master's degrees in both Christian Apologetics and an MBA/Technology Management. As an engineer, he worked for several engineering and technology firms, including five years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. There he was part of a team developing a high accuracy GPS receiver. He was also part of the Voyager Flight Team for the encounter with the planet Neptune. His wife Hanna also has dual Master's degrees, one in Nursing with an emphasis in Informatics, and the other in Applied Computer Science. From 1999-2007 they owned their own company, which designed and developed databases and custom software applications for small businesses.
Mr. Hushbeck has taught at the University of Phoenix, and most recently for
Rassmussen College. He has taught, among other things, classes in Information
Technology, Computers Science, and Business. He also taught critical thinking
both to students and to other faculty. http://www.hushbeck.com