Mortal Obsession

by Gary Lombardo

Since the sudden grisly death of her spouse six months before, Christian policewoman Carmen Gonzalez has been obsessed with thoughts of her own untimely, ghastly getting knifed by thugs in a desolate alley; being jolted awake by the murderous blows of an intruder's ax or by a thousand-degree conflagration from which there is no escape; getting mutilated and mangled in a gruesome car crash, like her beloved husband.

Despite unremitting efforts to convince herself that these specters are the result of overwork, of stress, of having been in too many life-imperiling predicaments, of having witnessed too much barbarity and death, they keep coming in ever-changing, intensely vivid, disturbingly deadly form, constraining Officer Gonzalez to consider a most unsettling Is she peering through the portal of the future, at her own terrible end?

In reality, two obsessively driven fiends have marked Carmen for a Jesus-hating cop who derives supreme pleasure from torturing and murdering; a psychotic genius who mentally transforms himself into a merciless killing machine. Can Officer Gonzalez, a fervid follower of Christ--and world-class markswoman--stop these two satanic monsters? Or will they be too much for even this mighty woman of God to defeat?

306 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 7, 2016

About the author

Gary Lombardo has loved words, books, and ideas all of his life. He penned his first novel at twelve. He practiced psychology for thirteen years, and his extensive knowledge of human behavior helps him create colorful, complex, dark and disturbing characters. He writes Christian and secular fiction, novels and as well as short stories. His current works are The Thought Police, Black Secret, The Deadliest Gunfighter, Mortal Obsession, My Friend Jesus, The Last Sermon, Ten Great Tales of Suspense, The Demons of Fear and three other tales, and Running with the Spirit. Gary lives in Pennsylvania with his sweetheart and writing partner, Karen.