Lou Christopher valiantly served his country for twenty years as an army officer. Now, a retired colonel and a steadfast family man, he will be forced by extortion to betray it. Mysterious strangers approach Lou with a threat that he will lose everything he has unless he goes along with their plan. They require his military skills to stage a false act of terrorism near Manhattan, implying that this attack will be one of several simultaneous strikes all across the United States on the eve of a national election. With the country horrified by this coordinated violence, the incumbent president will win reelection in a landslide. When Lou refuses flat out, the strangers threaten his family. Lou knows he could never allow anything to endanger his grandchildren. He goes along with the plan, but keeps it a secret, telling his wife Maggie that he must go out of town for several days on business. Maggie suspects that he is having an affair, but when Lou gets in over his head and gets burned by the rest of his team, she realizes that the truth is much more complicated. As Maggie works to uncover and thwart the dark conspiracy, Lou and Sydney, his female teammate, elude the opposition forces to survive and escape. Using his distinctive set of military skills, Lou becomes the hunter and vows to extract his revenge and bring them all down.

A Bridge to Treachery: From Extortion to Terror

Literature & Fiction

Crane, Larry

Genre Fiction

Breadalbane Publishing

In this compelling thriller, Larry Crane takes readers back in history, weaving together the stories of two abducted girls—one factual, one fictional—as a framework to explore questions of truth, justice, character flaws, and marriage. After a stranger abducts Marcella and Gavin’s young daughter, Hannah, on her way to school, the couple struggles not only with the horror of her loss, but also with their utter helplessness. They hire a private detective and try to get on with their lives—moving halfway across the country to New Jersey in search of a new start. Once in New Jersey, however, Marcella becomes obsessed with the infamous Edgar Smith, accused of murdering a young girl—and with finding out the truth about his involvement in the crime. As Marcella’s investigation takes her deeper into the heart of the mystery, new information about Hannah’s disappearance comes to light and calls into question Marcella and Gavin’s ability to face the truth about themselves, their marriage, and their daughter’s disappearance. Missing Girls is a blisteringly smart novel that weaves together mystery, thriller, true crime, and alternate history into a fast-paced psychological drama.

Missing Girls: In Truth Is Justice

Unconventional short stories and plays that capture a slice of the lives of quirky couples in prose and snappy dialogue. A feisty married pair return to familiar ground to rekindle romance. Veteran actors respond to a challenge to find the magic of Hepburn and Tracy. Supermarket shoppers overcome preconceptions of the boundaries of friendship over a bottle of sauce. Ambitious real estate entrepreneurs try to separate the fire from the smoke of a deal. A forest preserve provides the playground for negotiating the terrain of a relationship. A country frat boy learns something in his week in New York City. The collection culminates in a full length play Baghdad on the Wabash in which a prickly fifteen-year-old girl punctures the crust of her elders when they gather on the banks of the Wabash River to receive the remains of their missing soldier.

Baghdad On The Wabash: And Other Plays and Stories

Short Stories & Anthologies

Baghdad on the Wabash: And Other Plays and Stories

Dramas & Plays

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