This time around the theme is Betrayal, and my story "A Thieving Rescue" fits in perfectly.
You'll meet Paul as he powers through a tough stretch of his college years using pure determination and leaning on the support of his best friend Tammy. But Paul's strength and everyone else's take a hit when an unusual crime spree shocks their small, tight-knit campus.
There are often threads of real life woven into my stories, but this one takes a more direct inspiration. My own college days featured the theft in this story, and it was every bit as puzzling. In fact, it was so bizarre that I knew it would turn up in fiction someday.
Pick up your copy of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Betrayal, and you'll also get fantastic stories by Joslyn Chase, Diana Deverell, Robert Jeshonek, Chris Chan, Annie Reed, donalee Moulton, David H. Hendrickson, and Leah R. Cutter!
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