ECHOES OF THE PAST
SUMMARY
Echoes of the Past is an edge of your seat psychological thriller about a woman desperate to save her daughter from the clutches of a mad town.
Sasha and her nine-year-old daughter, Tara, move to a small town for a fresh start. Outrunning her abusive relationship, she settles down for a new life. Out in the fresh, New England air, she will be able to work through the post-traumatic stress and give her daughter a better life. But when the small-town experiences its first murder after she arrives, the citizens are whipped into a frenzy. The only person on her side is the town sheriff, but even he can’t talk sense into the crazed mob that forms. As Sasha’s past begins to haunt her, the townsfolk take matters into their own hands. Tara becomes the perfect bait to catch a killer. And the town of Carlisle isn’t afraid to hurt her to get what they want.
Sasha and her nine-year-old daughter, Tara, move to a small town for a fresh start. Outrunning her abusive relationship, she settles down for a new life. Out in the fresh, New England air, she will be able to work through the post-traumatic stress and give her daughter a better life. But when the small-town experiences its first murder after she arrives, the citizens are whipped into a frenzy. The only person on her side is the town sheriff, but even he can’t talk sense into the crazed mob that forms. As Sasha’s past begins to haunt her, the townsfolk take matters into their own hands. Tara becomes the perfect bait to catch a killer. And the town of Carlisle isn’t afraid to hurt her to get what they want.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
"Is the town of Carlisle, Maine real?"
Like a lot of my books, I knew the ending of this one before I started writing. Actually, I had two different endings in mind and really debated which one to use. I won't tell you what they are in case you haven't read the book yet. But after much deliberation, I eventually settled on which ending to choose and got to work.
This was my second venture into the world of horror, though it leans more on the psychological thriller post I suppose. To pay homage to the genre, I wanted to to set the book in Maine where many of Stephen King's books take place. The town needed to be a very small one, where everyone knew everybody. Sasha needed to be an outsider to everyone there in order for the plot to work. So I created the small town of Carlisle, Maine and gave it a fun slogan. "Our lands Whisper with the echoes of the past." And the title was born.
At its heart, Echoes of the Past is about how panic and fear can drive people to do things they never believed they would and how that fear and panic is contagious. It's also about a mother doing everything she can do protect her daughter, no matter the cost. It's an interesting question to ask yourself. How far would you be willing to go to protect the people you care about most? And ask yourself while reading the book, is Carlisle only protecting themselves like Sasha?
Like a lot of my books, I knew the ending of this one before I started writing. Actually, I had two different endings in mind and really debated which one to use. I won't tell you what they are in case you haven't read the book yet. But after much deliberation, I eventually settled on which ending to choose and got to work.
This was my second venture into the world of horror, though it leans more on the psychological thriller post I suppose. To pay homage to the genre, I wanted to to set the book in Maine where many of Stephen King's books take place. The town needed to be a very small one, where everyone knew everybody. Sasha needed to be an outsider to everyone there in order for the plot to work. So I created the small town of Carlisle, Maine and gave it a fun slogan. "Our lands Whisper with the echoes of the past." And the title was born.
At its heart, Echoes of the Past is about how panic and fear can drive people to do things they never believed they would and how that fear and panic is contagious. It's also about a mother doing everything she can do protect her daughter, no matter the cost. It's an interesting question to ask yourself. How far would you be willing to go to protect the people you care about most? And ask yourself while reading the book, is Carlisle only protecting themselves like Sasha?