*Somewhere in this book is a hidden “Easter Egg,” a bold text link to 3 FREE Qwickie novellas by 3 bestselling authors. This is a time limited offer, so happy reading and hunting!
Some secrets can come back to haunt you…
Principal Emily Taylor feels safe in the friendly little town of Burchill—until she finds a body in her school. The murder of caretaker Nathaniel Ryeburn brings back memories she'd rather forget and plunges Emily into a mystery that involves a secret diary, an illegal puppy mill and a murderer innocently disguised as an ordinary citizen.
As fear rips through the traumatized town, Emily's investigation inadvertently leads the police to her door, and to her husband Langford, who is hiding a secret of his own. It becomes clear to Emily that many of Burchill's residents are merely wearing masks. And it's time for those masks to be ripped away…and for a killer's identity to be revealed.
Editorial Reviews:
"A story rich in detail with unexpected twists and turns." —Meredith Henderson, actress, film producer, poet
"Love and depravity, rebirth and rot, veneer and the real wood underneath—Astolfo brings these opposing forces into play." —Garry Ryan, author of the Detective Lane Mysteries
"Master storyteller Cathy Astolfo pulls out all the stops as old secrets come back to kill…in this chilling story of twisted desires." —Lou Allin, author of She Felt No Pain
**
Review
In TheBridgeman, Astolfo throws opensthe door of her idyllic setting into a world of darkness, depravity, anddanger. Her safe haven turned inside out, Emily Taylor bravely untangles a webof lies and unthinkable acts of degeneracy. Threatening her own closely heldsecrets, the charming teacher dares to push boundaries of personal safety toright dreadful wrongs. After reading The Bridgeman, you'll want to go home, lock the doors, and hugyour pet.
- Anthony Bidulka, Author of The Russell Quant Mysteries
From the Author
The devil inspired me towrite The Bridgeman. Not literally, I hope, but more in the sense that I amintrigued by evil people. I am attracted to the reasons behind their darkness.As an old song says, evil grows in the dark...or does it? I think truly wickedpeople walk among us, aliens with human faces. Their lack of empathy, twistedideas, and desire to hurt absolutely make me want to dig around and find outwhy.
Instead ofbecoming a police officer or a detective (since I'm a physical coward), Ibecame a mystery/crime writer. I look for evil everywhere and luckily, there islots of it around. In the newspapers, on television, from word-of-mouth, andlet's not forget, urban legends.
The Bridgemanbegan as a character sketch. On a drive through a little town in Ontario, I wasstopped at a drawbridge, where I noticed the lockmaster going about hisbusiness in a very ordinary way, barely noticed, red-checkered jacket, plainface, every day, slow habits and movements. And I thought: what could thisalmost invisible person be hiding? What dark secrets might lie beneath thebanality of his existence?
At the sametime, my niece had acquired a job as a veterinarian's assistant. Her tales ofthe puppy and kitten mills and their victims gave me an idea for the secret myordinary bridgeman might suppress.
So began theEmily Taylor Mysteries. At first, Emily Taylor, the local school principal, wasa vehicle for the bridgeman character sketch, and later, for Victim's premise (BookTwo). By Book Three, Legacy, Emilyhad asserted a strong voice of her own and had become more the centre of theseries than the carrier.
In the last few months, I have happily been adapted Emily for the newworld of eBooks. She loves our publisher, Imajin Books, and has been blossomingunder their tutelage. Despite being media shy, she even appears in thetrailers!
Description:
*Somewhere in this book is a hidden “Easter Egg,” a bold text link to 3 FREE Qwickie novellas by 3 bestselling authors. This is a time limited offer, so happy reading and hunting!
Some secrets can come back to haunt you…
Principal Emily Taylor feels safe in the friendly little town of Burchill—until she finds a body in her school. The murder of caretaker Nathaniel Ryeburn brings back memories she'd rather forget and plunges Emily into a mystery that involves a secret diary, an illegal puppy mill and a murderer innocently disguised as an ordinary citizen.
As fear rips through the traumatized town, Emily's investigation inadvertently leads the police to her door, and to her husband Langford, who is hiding a secret of his own. It becomes clear to Emily that many of Burchill's residents are merely wearing masks. And it's time for those masks to be ripped away…and for a killer's identity to be revealed.
Editorial Reviews:
"A story rich in detail with unexpected twists and turns." —Meredith Henderson, actress, film producer, poet
"Love and depravity, rebirth and rot, veneer and the real wood underneath—Astolfo brings these opposing forces into play." —Garry Ryan, author of the Detective Lane Mysteries
"Master storyteller Cathy Astolfo pulls out all the stops as old secrets come back to kill…in this chilling story of twisted desires." —Lou Allin, author of She Felt No Pain
**
Review
In TheBridgeman, Astolfo throws opensthe door of her idyllic setting into a world of darkness, depravity, anddanger. Her safe haven turned inside out, Emily Taylor bravely untangles a webof lies and unthinkable acts of degeneracy. Threatening her own closely heldsecrets, the charming teacher dares to push boundaries of personal safety toright dreadful wrongs. After reading The Bridgeman, you'll want to go home, lock the doors, and hugyour pet.
- Anthony Bidulka, Author of The Russell Quant Mysteries
From the Author
The devil inspired me towrite The Bridgeman. Not literally, I hope, but more in the sense that I amintrigued by evil people. I am attracted to the reasons behind their darkness.As an old song says, evil grows in the dark...or does it? I think truly wickedpeople walk among us, aliens with human faces. Their lack of empathy, twistedideas, and desire to hurt absolutely make me want to dig around and find outwhy.
Instead ofbecoming a police officer or a detective (since I'm a physical coward), Ibecame a mystery/crime writer. I look for evil everywhere and luckily, there islots of it around. In the newspapers, on television, from word-of-mouth, andlet's not forget, urban legends.
The Bridgemanbegan as a character sketch. On a drive through a little town in Ontario, I wasstopped at a drawbridge, where I noticed the lockmaster going about hisbusiness in a very ordinary way, barely noticed, red-checkered jacket, plainface, every day, slow habits and movements. And I thought: what could thisalmost invisible person be hiding? What dark secrets might lie beneath thebanality of his existence?
At the sametime, my niece had acquired a job as a veterinarian's assistant. Her tales ofthe puppy and kitten mills and their victims gave me an idea for the secret myordinary bridgeman might suppress.
So began theEmily Taylor Mysteries. At first, Emily Taylor, the local school principal, wasa vehicle for the bridgeman character sketch, and later, for Victim's premise (BookTwo). By Book Three, Legacy, Emilyhad asserted a strong voice of her own and had become more the centre of theseries than the carrier.
In the last few months, I have happily been adapted Emily for the newworld of eBooks. She loves our publisher, Imajin Books, and has been blossomingunder their tutelage. Despite being media shy, she even appears in thetrailers!