num_pages: 7
description: A lonely retired sheriff watches from the sidelines as a new crop of crime fighters try desperately to come to terms with evil in their midst. Arthur Pendrylls dark and brooding tale of psychotic evil descending on a small town is at once disturbing and profound. Warning: This ebook contains very dark and disturbing images of horror. Adults should read carefully to determine if the content is appropriate for a child in their care. Here is a preview: Forensic evidence that Alex didnt really understand suggested that their tormenter kept them alive and tortured them for three to five days before finally slitting their throats and depositing the bodies somewhere remotely. Modern forensics had been available when he retired a decade and a half past but hed never really integrated it into his investigations. Why the hell would he need to? Outside of an occasional robbery gone wrong or a drunken husband carrying a fight with his wife too far there really wasnt serious crime to address until recently. Mary Ellen Allis and Thomas Harding the prom king and queen had disappeared on prom night. According to the papers their friends and contemporaries at the dance said they drove off probably to Mill Lake right after the prom. It was a typical hang out for high school students and more than one girl had lost her virginity in the backseat of a car while the soft sound of the lake water lapping at the shore made for romantic background noise. Alex had to suppress a smile thinking of all the kids hed run off from Mill Lake of the deer-in-the-headlights looks when the flashlight caught the wandering hand or the smudged lipstick of the grateful looks when he told them to start the engine and get the hell out of the area. They hadnt found the couple when theyd found the boys car. It hadnt been found at the lake though. Instead theyd discovered it at a convenience store about a mile down the road. There was a small bit of blood on the steering wheel later confirmed to be the boys and Marys purse was in the wheel well. That was two days ago and the community had come together to search frantically for them before the inevitable slitting of their throats would occur. It was something that rode through the current of every conversation. 
language: English
title: Coffee on the Porch in the Morning: A Tale of Horror
publisher: Dark Eyes Press