Books by C M Heil

Small towns are funny places. Don't be fooled by their undisturbed beauty, they are not pristine. Give people the opportunity for a perfect utopia, they will destroy it. A town can be spoiled by too many businesses, traffic lights, and, above all, citizens. That is where the rot may not merely exist but thrive.The Thomases have lived in Thornwood, New Hampshire, most of their lives, same as their neighbors. But given the ebb and flow of life, they have seen citizens come and go. Some exit with tears, others with a hard push.One particular neighbor was unnoticed to them for years until the introduction of an unruly dog. The altercations were not only ongoing and worsening but widening. Other neighbors and the police were getting tangled in a feud that Brian and Sharon Thomas thought should never have escalated to such a level.And when it couldn't even get resolved at that level before lawyers and courts got involved, Sharon Thomas took it upon herself to handle it. The way she handled things all her life.Families pitted against one another, out in the woods is not a good combination.Even the Hatfields and McCoys had to start somewhere.

What if something horrible happened? What if it happened to you?What if you did nothing? The would haves, could haves, and should haves consume you with regret. This festers in you for years. You could have gone on seething this way for the rest of your life, until...You are suddenly jolted into a shocking reminder. The reminder is as merciless as those involved and as unforgiving as the thoughts of revenge that have been smoldering inside you. But why are they just thoughts and not actions? Why not do now what you should have done then? Why not make them beg for your forgiveness?Of course, the police are not concerned with forgiveness, only justice. All that detectives Rochambault and Given know in the beginning is that there was a class reunion over the weekend and the alumni have been turning up brutally murdered ever since. The more questions they ask about the reunion the more they discover it may not have been about this weekend. What exactly happened and when? And who is killing because of it?These are the questions the detectives are quickly trying to answer before there is another murder.But will the police get their resolution before the killer gets closure?It is time to evoke the evil they created.It is time to retaliate.It is time to atone.