In the making:

Anathema n., pl –mas. 1. a detested person or thing. 2. a formal ecclesiastical excommunication, or denunciation of a doctrine. 3. the person or thing so cursed. 4. a strong curse…

The Mike Fabien trilogy will conclude with:

ANATHEMA

Eagle Lake, Maine: A young woman is murdered by a local priest, and her two siblings are caught escaping from a small community desperate to keep them hidden from the outside world…

With the priest maintaining a vow of silence, the local sheriff is forced to bring in Mike Fabien to determine the motive for the killing.

When Miranda Keaton, one of the siblings escapes town, Fabien must discover the reason behind her guardian’s obsession to keep the girls secluded, and Miranda’s whereabouts before she is caught and returned to the place from which she is so desperate to flee.

Jamie Farrington is staying at a remote lake house while Fabien investigates the motive for the murder. Disturbed by recent events in their relationship, the peaceful and serene environment seems an ideal place for her to reconcile things in her mind, until she becomes drawn to a house at the other end of the lake where a reclusive, yet disturbed woman is living, with devastating consequences…

Due for publication in 2009