Persistant Patio Prowler

By Lillian I. McMurtrey

Mom doesnt have enough to do? Five daughters, including seven-week-old twins and a home to run on less fundsthese arent enough? A prowlers presence presents intrigue, sleep loss, and mystery. Theyve been temporarily separated by Dads PCS (permanent change of station) assignment to an island in the East China Sea (Okinawa). Mom and the girls would not join him until July.

Help them, Jesus!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524510701

Lillian I. McMurtrey

Blessed with many talents, writer Lillian McMurtrey has had things to keep her busy. Her former years were filled with painting, writing music and lyrics, and fashion design and sewing. The simplicity of the computer freed her hidden desire to write, a goal she had wanted to achieve since childhood. She is mostly self-educated. She gives thanks to Holy God and her husband, Joe, for the quiet time necessary for a writer to write.

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Rev. date: 06/18/2016

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Contents

The Mystery

Chapter 2 No Clues

Chapter 3 Digging Up the Past

Chapter 4 The Trap

Chapter 5 Tranquility of Space

Chapter 6 Facts: Separating the known from the unknown

Chapter 7 Ignored but Present

Chapter 8 Changing Gears

Chapter 9 The Outing

Chapter 10 The Discovery

The Mystery

The Opening Dialog–-

Texas is extremely hot this year, even though it is spring.

We have a cooling system, but because my five little daughters and I are trying to survive on a hundred Dollars a month, including the Electric Bill, formula for the twins, and perishables like milk, other dairy, and gas for the car, I can’t afford to run it. If I want to sleep, I am forced by the extreme heat to open a window, which is how I discovered this creepy cad in the first place.

This unseen but loudly heard Prowler is just too nervy for his own good and the black as pitch darkness and no moonlight to reveal whether it is man or beast is unnerving enough, but add to that that nothing but a window screen is between us if I open the window. If I am going to open a window you can be certain of one thing, this ol’ gal is going to have clothes on. Even then I make sure every light in the house is off, before I open that window. No sense giving a pervert any help to do his evil lurking. Forget P.J.s. I stay fully dressed!

I have not, as yet, confided to anyone else that this is happening, have no idea what to do about it, and have the responsibility of protecting my five little daughters from danger.

I had tried the Sheriff’s office, which was located close the hub of the City, but we were way