NEVERMORE

by Ali Roberti

Dr. Margaret Ravenhill has just earned her PhD in English literature when she is offered a job at a prestigious private school in Cairo, Egypt. With her specialization in the works of Edgar Allan Poe, she is a perfect fit for the English department. Her new tenure takes a turn for the worse when one beautifully sunny morning she discovers the nearly headless body of the headmaster in her classroom. The highly ritualistic murder and the macabre clues left in the room, lead the Egyptian police on a wild goose chase until one month later another murder is committed. With an escalating body count, the police conclude that they are dealing with a serial killer who is mimicking the works of Edgar Allan Poe. From the clues left at the scene and her friendship with the victims, Meg is assumed to be the catalyst. An expatriate liaison team is dispatched from the United States embassy to protect her. The leader of the team, Rasul Callahan, is a military trained profiler, who finds himself falling in love with Meg as he desperately tries to keep her from being the killer’s final target.

278 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2012