Augustus G Van Slyke

Finding Maggie's Bliss Augustus G Van Slyke 1. izdevums

Maggie Hornsby is a deeply troubled woman. The middle-aged suicide survivor has a memory block that stands in her way of remembering three traumatic days from her childhood. She is dying from ovarian cancer, and wants to understand her past before she passes. But even more than that, she longs to reconnect with her estranged daughter, Bliss.

When Maggie?s psychiatrist sends her to a remote retreat house for rest and therapeutic journaling, what ensues is an eerie, haunting journey through personal discovery, reflection?and gore. The same night Maggie arrives at the house, her psychiatrist is murdered, and a cryptic message is carved on his forehead. Soon after, the Carmelite nun who runs the retreat house is murdered, as well, and the same message appears on the duct tape that covers her mouth.

Someone is trying desperately to keep a secret, and Maggie?s determination to understand her past and reconnect with her daughter threatens to unearth it?which sets Maggie up as the next target?

Full of mystery, suspense, and drama, Finding Maggie?s Bliss sheds light on the dark topics of child trafficking and childhood abuse, reminding any who read it of the urgency to protect the innocent.