"No!!! Don't hurt me!!!" were the first words that Chloé Mallet heard when she entered the small and usually quite cemetery in her neighborhood where her father lay. Chloé was going to visit her father's grave when she heard the screams. The next thing Chloé saw was a tall, muscular man with blond hair brutally kill another person. Chloé was hiding behind a grave stone watching this when the tall man walked past Chloé. Chloé recognized the man instantly, but unfortunately for her the man spotted Chloé and lunged at her. Right when he was inches away from Chloé, he recognized her face. He stopped and warned her at gun point not to tell anyone what she saw happen or she would receive the same fate. "I'll be watching your every move," hissed the man. "If you tell anyone what you just saw, you'll regret it." With that the tall blond haired man left leaving Chloé unharmed in the cemetery. Chloé ran to the victim. The victim was an eighteen to nineteen year old boy whose name was Ben Lupien. With suspects piling up, Chloé included, she decides to give out the information she has. Chloé goes on a quest to turn in the murderer, but what happens when she tells Olivia Ambroise and Bill Dechant, the detective and chief police in charge of the murder case, what she saw and who the killer of Ben Lupien was? Find out in The Cry of the Dead.
A criminal mastermind makes a bold move against a wealthy client to put himself in a position to retire in comfort. He has no idea what he's up against when a young widow, desperate to make ends meet, sets her eyes on earning the bounty set on his head.
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Newly widowed housewife Melody Scott needs to earn some major cash, fast. When her bright and busy children learn that a priceless ruby bracelet has been stolen and a six-figure reward is being offered, they convince her to try to do what the police, museum security, and the best private investigators have failed to do. Working against them is a notorious thief who has met people from around the world, but who has never once encountered a woman like Melody Scott. When the sweet innocence of the Scott family clashes against criminal forces more dangerous than they ever imagined, Melody is all too aware that a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do to protect her family.
The Widow, Melody Scott is a 2021 Watty Award Winner!
Content Warning: This story does contain depictions of stalking behavior.