THE ALARM CLOCK

by J.A. Snow

A dead boy, a dying romance and a mysterious alarm clock send a small town sheriff into a summer of discoveries, the most important of which is human nature and the spirit of grace and forgiveness.

87 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2013

About the author

Award winning novelist and poet, J.A. Snow embarked on an incredible journey several years ago when she began translating sixty generations of her family genealogy into a series of historical novels. The first complete series, is called An American Family; five consecutive books of history of the Snow family from their medieval roots in Porlock, England all the way up to the Dust Bowl of the 1930's in America. She tells the story of her 11th generation great grandmother who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower with the original Pilgrims and takes the family through several wars and devastating epidemics.
Just launched last year, her new series,
The Viking Sagas, tells of her ancestors in ancient Kvenland begins with A Dynasty of Giants, the story of three boys who become obsessed with the Norse god Odin, and, as they grow older, sets them up for a deadly competition over territorial rights. In the second book, The Sea Kings, readers will meet exciting characters such as Rognvald the Wise, and King Harald Fairhair. Rollo, who founded Normandy, William Longsword and Richard the Fearless are coming in 2018 in the third book The Pagan Princes.
Her books are steeped in real history and real people.

Reviews

[Kathi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Short story

This is my first book by this author. A very quick read with a few distracting formatting errors.

The story itself was depressing.

[P.S. Winn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a wonderful story. A murder has happened in a small town and the only clue Joe Stubbs, the sheriff has is an alarm clock and an apology note found at the scene. The reader is taken unto the investigation and also into the life of the killer's past. A riveting read by an author who knows how to tell a mesmerizing tale of life, loss and love.