Review: Serialized murder mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2012
"A Passing Summer's Storm" by Debra Maxey is a short story, but is the first installment in a serialized story of the murder of a woman who is divorcing her husband.  Maggie was first locked in the basement of their home, and after yelling for her husband to come unlock the door, she tried herself, and it opened. He tells her what she needs to do which is always pretty obvious and takes risks with the children in the lake, zooming his boat around where they are floating.The atmosphere is ripe for what happens, since a summer thunderstorm comes along and the family of four each retreat to their own places in the house to ride out the storm.  The storm adds to the sinister mood of the story and the feeling of impending doom.The fact that this is based on a true story makes it even more scary, just thinking about what this woman went through when she saw a masked man with a knife in her kitchen and assumed it was her husband playing a joke.  But was it?Now I'm very anxious to read the second part to this murder mystery.  Well written and recommended.