Just a tad curious… End of the Road @KMNbooks #8sunday #snippetsunday

by Karen Michelle Nutt

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About this snippet: Chapter One (Don’t Fear) The Reaper Snippet 17.  Check out last week’s snippet here.

Last week recap: Cecilia found her father’s journal hidden beneath a floorboard. She’s referring to her father in this first sentence of the snippet. Before her father died, his bandmates claimed he was paranoid.

The story is in the very early stages and has not been edited.

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He even accused her mother of having someone follow him. It was why at first the authorities believed her father’s accident had been a suicide, that he’d been unstable.

She stared at the book and wondered what she should do with it. Give it to her mother?

She stood, placed the last guitar in its place and closed the closet door. She glanced at the book in her hand. She’d be lying if she weren’t just a tad curious to know what her father had written. Maybe after she read it and made sure there wasn’t anything in it that would upset her mother, she’d give it to her. God knew her mother didn’t need anything else to obsess about in regards to her father.

She placed the journal on the desk but as she turned a loud slap against the wood floor had her whirling back with a gasp.

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Would you give the journal to Cecilia’s mother?

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Unofficial Blurb for End of the Road

Lars Gunner, the frontman for Silent Plaids, died 23 years ago and is trapped in limbo until his daughter, Cecilia, unearths his journal and is able to see him. His death was ruled an unfortunate accident, but he’s convinced it had to be murder despite the fact he can’t recall what happened in his last moments of life. Cecilia seeks the help from Kaleb, a psychic, but as they resurrect the past, the secrets and lies surrounding Lar’s rock and roll life just may be the death of them too.

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39 thoughts on “Just a tad curious… End of the Road @KMNbooks #8sunday #snippetsunday”

  6. I’d read it first, but then I’m naturally curious (one of the reasons I liked working for a police service). Great snippet.

  11. I would read it first, and then give it to her. Interesting back story. I wonder what the noise was.

  14. The mystery of what’s in the journal would’ve been sufficient to keep me reading, but then the loud noise added even more tension to the snippet. Good job!

  16. I’m a natural snoop, so I’d be really eager to read whatever were in there! I’m also curious to know what that mystery noise was.

  17. She shouldn’t give it to her mother without reading it first. So, who just came in?

  19. “He even accused her mother of having someone follow him” It sounds as if there is some skullduggery afoot. Excellent (imagine a chortle and hands rubbing if it helps)

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