Harassed

by Juliet Dillon Clark

No good deed goes unpunished…..
One spring evening in 1995, when the air was breezeless and laden with pollen, Amanda Silva was seen stumbling from a college party. Some people may have taken notice of the mascara streaking down her face; others may have wondered why she was her right hand and clasping it to her chest. And a few spotted Scott Ellers walking her dorm, alone. The night was a blur for most, one of fleeting lust and emotions, but everything changed for the sleepy college town the next morning when the Silva’s room mate discovered Amanda’s empty bed. Scott Ellers is accused of a crime he claims he didn’t commit and Amanda Silva’s family seeks justice that the legal system cannot bring to them.
Harassed tells the spiraling story of the quest for the truth and how it can become dark and twisted when many people with differing agendas are hunting for it. The reality of the truth is that it is not black and white; it is gray and malleable with far-reaching membranes. The detectives who find themselves entrenched in the case of the Scott Eller’s murder and Amanda Silva’s disappearance will quickly discover that finding the truth may not be as simple as sorting through facts. It can hold many different – and sometimes dangerous – meanings to many different people.

Genres: Mystery

215 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 11, 2012

About the author

Juliet Dillon Clark writes the Detective Lindsay Carter thrillers — small-town mysteries where the settings are ordinary and the trouble is not. Her second-grade teacher told her she had a gift for stories. She was right, and — depending on the angle — sometimes a little too right.
Juliet has read the way some people eat — several books a week since before she could reach the top shelf at the library. Somewhere along the way she stopped only reading mysteries and started writing them, the kind she always hunted for and couldn't quite find.
The Lindsay Carter series was born from years of late-night conversations with a close friend who worked the Malibu patrol for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Ordinary geography, extraordinary trouble. Juliet filed those stories away the way writers do, and years later, when she needed a protagonist who was smart, flawed, and couldn't leave a case alone, Lindsay Carter walked out of the notebook and onto the page.
Today Juliet lives in Salt Lake City, runs Superbrand Publishing, and writes full-time. When she isn't writing she's usually reading, chasing her grandson Aiden around the yard, or talking to her daughter Ally about whatever mystery is brewing in the news.
She loves hearing from readers. You can find her at julietdillonclark.com or subscribe to her newsletter for free short stories, early chapter previews, and first looks at what's next for Lindsay Carter.


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Reviews

[Lynda Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dear oh dear.....deleted at 8% as it's full of mistakes and often had more than one per page. Not a hope I was going to persevere, I'm afraid.
Someone was called Carol on one page and Carolyn the next which was careless but for me it's the total misuse of apostrophes that did it for me.....all the time !! Pedrosa's, Silva's, parent's (every time it was used when it should've been parents').......annoying beyond belief.
The story looked like it would be interesting. However, for the lack of a proofreading exercise I'll never know.