Synopses & Reviews
Sarah Tazewell, a cerebral, highly intuitive woman, knew from an early age that she was psychic. When she and her husband David buy a confessional booth from The Governor's Antiques in Mechanicsville, VA and convert it into a phone booth for their Queen Anne Victorian, Sarah senses a presence in the confessional. Later, the voices become only one voice: that of a murderer that rapes and strangles his victims. Though consumed with fear and anxiety, Sarah refuses to be a victim and sets out on a journey to learn more about the confessional. Sarah's antagonist is a brilliant, charismatic sexual psychopath who conforms to a ritual of murder and confession. The confessional in the 100-year-old church where he confessed was an integral part of the ritual. When he comes to confess after another murder, he finds "his" confessional gone and begins a frantic search to find it.
About the Author
Reiny Pierson's article, "The Influence of Brain Hemisphericity on the Composing Process of Twelfth Graders," was published in the Tapestry of Knowledge, a collection of teacher writings for which she received an award for Excellence in Research from the Virginia Beach City Public schools. In addition, her poem, "The Gift," was published in Virginia Writing, Longwood University. She was the editor for a collection of teacher writings published by The Tidewater Virginia Writing Project, Old Dominion University. She received her B.A. in English, her M.A. in Humanities and her Ph.D. in English Education. She taught Twelfth Grade Honors English at First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach where she also established and coordinated the Legal Academy. She is the recipient of the Virginia Technology Teacher of the Year award from IBM and Technology and Learning Magazine. She is currently writing "Night and Fog," a historical novel on the Norwegian Resistance Movement during WWII and a second psychological thriller, "These Hands." She is married, has three children and eight grandchildren.