Old Wounds

By Matt L. Holmes

What happens when time doesn’t heal all wounds?
When writer Mike Watkins is asked to give the eulogy for his great-uncle after the ninety-year-old war hero dies in his sleep, it seems like a daunting challenge. Mike and his brothers had grown up in the company of Uncle Howard in the family home, but the old man had always steadfastly refused to describe his experiences in World War II. No matter how many times he was asked about his time in the British Army, Howard Brighton had kept mum, much to his great-nephews’ frustration.
Thanks to a steady diet of colourful old war movies on their TV, the Watkins boys had built up all kinds of fantasies about the reluctant war hero's activities in the 1940s and how he'd gotten the leg wound that had ended his army stint. Their theories about Uncle Howard often revolved around stolen Nazi gold and various other criminal enterprises. Now, decades later, Mike sets out to discover the truth behind whatever it was that his great-uncle had refused to speak of for all those years.
While he’s busy digging into family history, however, Mike also seems to have picked up a mysterious female stalker. What secret from his past does she represent, and what plans does she have in mind for Mike?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Matt L. Holmes
• Release date: Jan 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9780991947577

Matt L. Holmes

Hi. My name is Matt Holmes, and I'm a retired computer guy in his mid-50s who enjoys writing fiction and non-fiction. I've self-published nine books so far, with more on the way. Six of those books have been novels, almost all of which are available here on Smashwords. My latest book is called More Than Good Enough. It's by far my longest novel yet, weighing in at a little over 200,000 words. It chronicles the 20-year journey of its main character, Miles Galloway, as he matures from a naive 10-year-old boy into a hardened journalist trying to shed light on the issue of sexual predators.

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