Haunting Pasts

by Trevor Wiltzen

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Pub Date Apr 17 2023 | Archive Date Jun 06 2023

Trevor Wiltzen Publishing | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles

Historical Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers | Women's Fiction

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"In a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer… I could not put the book down till the final word. I stayed up all night. It is a nail-biting thriller!" — Kim Zoby, Readers’ Favorite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Wiltzen has hit a home run with his latest effort! The folksy small-town setting serves to disarm the reader as the tension begins to creep further and further to an intense crescendo." — Phillip Zozzaro, US Review of Books

Mabel Davison runs a struggling motel and diner while raising two small boys in a mountain town where many hate her for what she's done.

Her search for missing girls had caused the demise of a local drug ring and the loss of gang money spent in town, and now she's shunned.

Desperate to rekindle fractured friendships, she is surprised one night by an ex-lover showing up on her porch, setting into motion events that could either unite her family or tear it apart.

Encouraged to restart her missing girls' cold case, she gets nowhere fast until she desperately questions a gang member she helped put in prison. His sordid tale is more lies and threats than truth. But the clues he gives point to her past, and she uncovers to her horror, a serial killer on the hunt.

And it could be a man she knows.

Set in an atmospheric Pacific Northwest town in the 1980s, the third standalone installment of the thrilling Mabel Davison historical mystery series exposes the deep "layers of good and evil (that) lie beneath the surface of what seems to be a safe haven."

Everyone's favorite big-hearted, amateur sleuth is back.

"Wiltzen...

A Note From the Publisher

eBook: 9781777421250

Advance Praise

"Haunting Pasts keeps the reader engaged in a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer. From the first page, Trevor Wiltzen builds a suspense-filled drama full of dark characters and eerie scenes. The villains have sinister characteristics and exude evil. The author's expertise in world-building is perfect, disturbing, and uncomfortable. It kept me up all night. It is a nail-biting thriller that will appeal to anyone that likes thrillers, crime stories, and historical fiction.”

— Kim Zoby, Readers’ Favorite

“This novel is the latest absorbing mystery/thriller in the Mabel Davison series from the author. Wiltzen enlivens his protagonist with genuine humility and a sympathetic nature that render her fascinating. The folksy small-town setting serves to disarm the reader as the tension begins to creep further and further to an intense crescendo. Wiltzen has hit a home run with his latest effort.”

– Phillip Zozzaro, US Review of Books

"A haunting tale that leads Mabel to more closely examine her past. It also prompts readers to follow her into the process of assumptions and identifying their beliefs about systemic racism, good and bad decision-making processes, and wisdom gained from realizing that layers of good and evil lie beneath the surface of what seems to be a safe haven,"

— D. Donovan, Midwest Review of Books

"Haunting Pasts keeps the reader engaged in a fast-paced race to catch a serial killer. From the first page, Trevor Wiltzen builds a suspense-filled drama full of dark characters and eerie scenes...