"The Sitter"

by Sharon Hawes

A horrific event, the deliberate drowning of little Stevie Connor by his sitter, Larry Cutler, starts this thriller. Stevie's mother, Jeannie, is overcome with grief. She comes to suspect that Stevie's death was not the accident Larry describes. Increasingly troubled, Jeannie begins to search for answers, risking everything to learn what really happened to Stevie and the growing threat to her family that only she can see.

251 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

I was born in Salem, Oregon and have been living in San Diego, California for the past 45 years. I have three sons--all writers--and I have been writing for years, usually in the thriller and horror genres. I have always been fascinated by conflict, the more horrific the better, as my novels demonstrate. I was a horror fan very early in my life and still am. I notice there are horror movies always playing and the horror novel seem to be popular as well. I think being scared (safely that is!) is something a lot of people enjoy. In a way, it's like taking a literary roller coaster ride.
I spent three years at the University of Oregon and worked in the advertising industry for several years. Shortly after my work in advertising, I was on a road trip by myself and at night in my motel I began reading "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" by Jack Finny. People often comment on a book by saying, 'I couldn't put this book down!' I read this novel all the way through, finishing it at 5:00 AM. I couldn't put it down.
My quest these days is to write that sort of gripping novel, and in "The Sitter" I think I have done that. At the moment, I am at work on another horror-type thriller and enjoying the process immensely.