The Burn

Fire in the Wind and a Shot in the Dark

Fiction & Literature, Drama, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Mystery & Suspense
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Author: Laurie J. Tyger ISBN: 9781466951266
Publisher: Trafford Publishing Publication: December 4, 2012
Imprint: Trafford Publishing Language: English
Author: Laurie J. Tyger
ISBN: 9781466951266
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication: December 4, 2012
Imprint: Trafford Publishing
Language: English

Takes place in the fall of 1989 then the spring of 1991 in a small town at the edge of industrial Weston in the northeast (a composite locale in Pennsylvania). Part 1, Fire in the Dark, relates the story of high school senior, hothead, and soccer star Maryl ODonnell and her conflicted relationship with Millervilles hunky linebacker, Derek Teaberry. Their families were friends until tough times forced a wedge between them. Maryl tangles with Dereks younger sister, who is injured in the incident, and Derek pushes Maryls twin, Megan, into an intimacy she did not want. A series of events, culminating in a fire at the ODonnells small business, results in Maryl being suspected of conspiring to collect insurance money. Her often-violent responses to pressure dont help, and memories of her part in a childhood kidnapping cloud her judgement. Maryl must enlist the help of her nemesis, Derek, in uncovering who is behind the fireswith a long-ago death as the key to solving the mysterywhile the real culprit seeks to avenge one tragedy with another, the life of a talented young goalkeeper. Part 2, A Shot in the Dark, finds Maryl at the end of her freshman year at a small college. On a scholarship, Maryl tries to find a balance between academia, athletics, and recreation; in addition, she must maintain a part-time job and keep her boyfriend at bay until the time is right . . . and then the past intrudes, in the form of the young man she helped put in jail who has been released and wastes no time making her aware of it. A ghost appears from the past, further complicating matters. Faced with choices she never asked for, Maryl must choose between helping someone she thought was lost to her forever, keeping her scholarship or her personal integrity, and in the end, protecting herself from a terrible fate.

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Takes place in the fall of 1989 then the spring of 1991 in a small town at the edge of industrial Weston in the northeast (a composite locale in Pennsylvania). Part 1, Fire in the Dark, relates the story of high school senior, hothead, and soccer star Maryl ODonnell and her conflicted relationship with Millervilles hunky linebacker, Derek Teaberry. Their families were friends until tough times forced a wedge between them. Maryl tangles with Dereks younger sister, who is injured in the incident, and Derek pushes Maryls twin, Megan, into an intimacy she did not want. A series of events, culminating in a fire at the ODonnells small business, results in Maryl being suspected of conspiring to collect insurance money. Her often-violent responses to pressure dont help, and memories of her part in a childhood kidnapping cloud her judgement. Maryl must enlist the help of her nemesis, Derek, in uncovering who is behind the fireswith a long-ago death as the key to solving the mysterywhile the real culprit seeks to avenge one tragedy with another, the life of a talented young goalkeeper. Part 2, A Shot in the Dark, finds Maryl at the end of her freshman year at a small college. On a scholarship, Maryl tries to find a balance between academia, athletics, and recreation; in addition, she must maintain a part-time job and keep her boyfriend at bay until the time is right . . . and then the past intrudes, in the form of the young man she helped put in jail who has been released and wastes no time making her aware of it. A ghost appears from the past, further complicating matters. Faced with choices she never asked for, Maryl must choose between helping someone she thought was lost to her forever, keeping her scholarship or her personal integrity, and in the end, protecting herself from a terrible fate.

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