Easter Sunday

River Sunday #7

by Thomas Hollyday

A father's love and family anguish. Hank Green’s young son, Bobby, is lost in a cave beneath a water-drenched swamp of the Chesapeake Bay. The wilderness is known for Native American mystery as well as an unsolved World War Two secret. Even worse, a powerful Easter Sunday storm with its flood surge is barreling down. Hank rushes to join the team of experienced local firemen and friends who will try to find and rescue his son before the boy drowns. Yet he feels once again his own numbing personal terror. He is overcome by a lifelong claustrophobic fear of entering closed spaces like caves. It’s a phobia he inherited from his immigrant father, a displaced person from the 1945 European war, and his own Vietnam experience. He knows if the others lose hope and fail, he will go on alone and risk his life to save his child. He must find a way to conquer his weakness but time is running out. Religious overtones fill Easter Sunday, Book Seven of the River Sunday Romance Mysteries, the latest of this acclaimed Chesapeake series by Thomas Hollyday. The King of the Working People is the eighth book of the acclaimed River Sunday Romance Mystery series by Thomas Hollyday. The author’s unique Chesapeake voice once again gives us an exciting read about the people, their beliefs and legends, and the grasping mud and black water wetlands of this mysterious American region. His other critically acclaimed novels include Slave Graves, Magnolia Gods, Powerboat Racer, Gold, Terror Flower, and China Jewel. Each book, introducing new memorable characters, retains the simple and beautiful lifestyle, history and beauty of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Powerful subjects such as freedom, atomic war, racism, religion, terror, sailing, and family love, are approached. Stories are insightful and well researched with technical expertise, humor, and fast moving action. River Sunday Romance Mysteries are suitable for teen and older readers. They have no strong language and romantic descriptions are clean and suitable for family reading and enjoyment. Thomas Hollyday has spent years working for animals rights. Part of the proceeds of his books goes to financing the research and maintenance of fresh drinking water resources for wildlife.

179 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 9, 2015

About the author

Thomas Hollyday (1942-present) was born in Easton, Maryland. His father was an acclaimed photographer and his mother a brilliant teacher.His father's family were active in the history of Maryland since its settlement while his mother's family were prominent in Democratic Party politics. His grandmother's family descended from a well known German industrial family of Baltimore. He grew up in the southern atmosphere of the Eastern Shore with its maritime and military heritage. He studied writing with Elliott Coleman at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars and with C.Michael Curtis of the Atlantic Monthly. He served with distinction in Vietnam and became a successful international businessman.He also drew illustrations for national magazines and published maritime and Civil War history. He currently edits popular video blogs on you tube for animal water rights and for book reviews. He draws the popular humorous Animal Viewpoint Cartoons for newspapers. He continues to please his fans with new novels in his River Sunday Romance Mysteries collection. In his fiction he describes his recurring theme that human settlers since prehistoric times in the Chesapeake region have left a mist of legend and history that permeates its modern stories with a certain compelling truth. At the same time he incorporates the stories of machines with those of their human owners. Each novel, located in the small town of River Sunday, Maryland, also records the continuing beautiful nature of the area. His writing portrays today's problems, conflicts, and memorable local characters with their loves and their combat with evil.

Reviews

[Lorraine · Rating 5 out of 5]

An AWESOME, AWESOME READ!!

Another AWESOME story in River Sunday in Maryland! Easter Sunday, delves into more interesting characters, as the town, comes together to find a missing boy.
Like all old small town, River Sunday has its stories abounding with much history and mysteries.
The town, comes together, to find a missing boy. The kids he was playing with, lead the adults to the treacherous area of swamp and dangerous mud banks. Of course, there is always that one character, that is in it, for his own means, regardless of the harm caused to the missing boy and those trying to rescue him.
Mystery and drama abound.
Can never miss. With a River Sunday story!!
A MUST READ SERIES OF STORIES!!!

[May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Readable.

I couldn't imagine being trapped underground so I found myself holding my breath while I was reading. The mystery surrounding the missing plane was interesting.
Well written,I would read more by this author.

[Linda Rae Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

I love this entire series. Nothing disappoints. Good characters, good location, good plot twists. Even the minor characters are good

[mary e. peek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easter

Easter Sunday book 7 by Thomas Holliday. I loved this story of children being best friends. This book was a cliff hanger.