PICTURE
ME, A MYSTERY
by
Amy Schisler
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GENRE:
mystery
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BLURB:
Melissa
Grant has escaped the clutches of death, not once, not twice, but
three times. While she considers this to be divine intervention, her
assailant is sure that her luck will run out, and the authorities are
suspicious that Melissa isn’t as innocent as she seems. Implicated
in the murders of two of her closest friends, and running from both a
hit man and the law, Melissa does what is thought to be impossible in
the 21st Century – she disappears. Julie Lawson has no family, no
friends, and no past. She spends her days photographing the country
and her nights tossing and turning as nightmares plague her sleep.
While passing through the town of St. Brendan, on Maryland’s
Eastern Shore, Julie finds some things she hasn’t had in a very
long time – a home, friends, and love. For the first time in two
years, Julie can see her future, but she can attain it only by
surviving a predator from her past. Eric West has a past of his own
that he is trying to forget. His return to his hometown keeps his
demons away until he meets Julie, and she stirs up emotions in him
that he hasn’t felt in a long time. As he slowly begins to let go
of this past, Eric tries to break down the walls that Julie has so
tightly built around herself. Gaining her trust one small act at a
time, and hiring the best investigator in DC to dig for answers, Eric
opens the Pandora’s Box to Julie’s past which threatens all of
their futures.
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Excerpt
With her
heart beating wildly, under the cover of the loud music, she tiptoed
toward the bedroom window where the fire escape was. Praying that
the man would not turn toward the bedroom, she quietly raised the
window while holding her breath and praying it wouldn’t make a
sound. Not daring to look back, she dropped herself onto the
landing, sucking in frigid air and almost choking as her feet hit the
icy metal.
Melissa
flew down the fire escape slipping and sliding on the smooth, glassy
coating. Her bare foot slipped out from under her on the last step
sending her reeling back onto the stairs and hitting her head.
Looking up, she saw the masked man lean out of the window above her.
Melissa
had no time to even check her head for blood as she wrenched herself
from the sidewalk and ran for her life.
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
Amy
MacWilliams Schisler, of Bozman, has been writing all of her life for
fun and as a freelance writer. A graduate of University of Maryland
College Park with a Masters of Library and Information Science, Amy
has resided in Talbot County for 21 years. She was employed as a
school library media specialist at White Marsh Elementary and Chapel
District Elementary and a reference librarian at Chesapeake College.
For the past eight years, she has operated her own computer tutoring
service working primarily with senior citizens while spending as much
time as possible writing. Amy was a contributing editor for the
reference series Best Books For Libraries 2004 Edition and is
included in Who’s Who Among American Women.
Schisler’s
first children’s book, Crabbing With Granddad, is an
autobiographical work about spending a day harvesting the Maryland
Blue Crab and is available in local stores and the Chesapeake Bay
Maritime Museum as well as on Amazon. Sarah Book Publishing released
Schisler’s novel, A Place to Call Home, in August of 2014. A
revised second edition was released in March 2015.
Picture
Me, A Mystery was released on August 17, 2015. The book follows the
plight of a young woman as she journeys across the country assuming
one identity after another in order to stay alive. When she lands in
a small port town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and meets the man
of her dreams, she lets her guard down and puts her heart and her
life in danger.
A
former librarian and teacher, Amy now lives in Bozman, Maryland with
her husband, three daughters, and two dogs where she is very involved
in her local community. Amy is the leader of Girl Scout Troop 453,
Director of Summer Roundup Girl Scout Camp, and active in her
family’s church and school.
Twitter
@AmySchislerAuth
Instagram:
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Amy has
been featured on:
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Maryland News
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Amy’s
newest book is available on Amazon:
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I enjoyed the excerpt. I can't wait to read more.
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