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M. H. David
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M. H. David grew up in rural southern Indiana, and he's still there, He’s a husband to a loving wife, and a father to two ambitious sons. As much as David would like to claim writing as his full-time occupation, he unfortunately hasn’t reached that level just yet—maybe someday. David grew up on a farm and worked as a building contractor for twenty-five years. He spent a lot of days swinging a hammer and wondering if he would have enough time to sit down a write his stories when the workday was finished. He made time for writing, and wrote many pieces, published and unpublished under various pseudonyms. In 2022, David was offered an opportunity to change careers, and he jumped at the chance. He's still not a full-time writer, but the new occupation allows more time to write, and less time to worry about a building project. M. H. David's third mystery thriller, Lie Ever So Quietly, will be released in April 2025.
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"M. H. David is a master craftsman crime writer."
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Mystery crafting
Book 1:
Lie Ever So Quietly
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Summary
The past never truly stays buried. Charlie Dalton finds himself haunted by memories he thought he had long resolved. Thirty-four years after a traumatic childhood event, Charlie's life is once again thrown into turmoil when his best friend and business partner is murdered.
Charlie is immediately considered a suspect, and when lines between past and present blur, a web of connections is revealed which link Charlie to another missing person—someone he’d hoped the world had forgotten about.
As he grapples with anger, anxiety, and fear, Charlie must navigate a series of trials that test his resilience and determination. To protect his loved ones from public scrutiny, Charlie is forced to revisit the night that changed everything. He refuses to let his family be thrust into the spotlight as he was when he was eight. He won’t be transported back into that box in the barn.
Book 2:
The Gouge
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12.99
Summary
"I haven't forgotten what you did!"
Carson ran away from Cypress Creek to escape his dark past—his father was the serial killer dubbed, “The Man in the Woods”. Twenty-two years have passed, and a simple text message threatens to bring all his secrets out into the open.
The freshly slain bodies of two teenage girls have been discovered in the woods of Cypress Creek. The methods by which the girls were killed is identical to those found nearly twenty-two years earlier on his father's victims. Now retired, the detective who worked the first case has long suspected that Carson Bates knew more than what he revealed in interrogation; now is his chance to prove it.
Carson returns to Cypress Creek to finally face his past, but it is soon clear that Carson isn’t the only person in that small-town harboring dark secrets about that fateful night in the woods.
Book 3:
The Blue Hole
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12.99
Summary
It's Dark. It's Cold. It's Blue. They call it, The Blue Hole...
For years, teenagers have gathered for parties along the banks of the deep swirling pool of water called, The Blue Hole. Bon fires, loud music, and kegs propped up on tailgates were the common themes. The parties would rage on all night long. But in one night, everything changed.
Seven years ago, Jill Turner’s twin sister, Samantha, disappeared after a party at the Blue Hole. Her jacket was discovered at a bus stop in the next town over which suggested she had run away, but her family wasn’t convinced. After a mysterious letter is slipped under the front door of her home, Jill is prompted to search for answers.
What really happened that night at the Blue Hole seven years ago? In order to answer that question, Jill must put her own complicated life on hold, and dive head first into the secret perilous life her sister once lived.
Allergies and Dietary Restrictions
I'm not too picky. I like just about all snacks. I don't like sushi.
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