OTHER: A Psychological Murder Mystery

by Gail Matelson

In this provocative psychological mystery, Elan Tyler struggles to survive her traumatic childhood. Her creative fight for mental survival is accomplished by obsessively labeling each thought that enters her mind... a label which indicates its potential for danger. Afraid to engage her destructive thoughts, she labels them ‘Other thoughts,’ and avoids them at all costs because she believes they will threaten her sanity. She finds some peace by welcoming what she thinks of as her own thoughts, the ones she labels ‘Mine thoughts.’ This obsessive way of living enables Elan to function. Yet, when she is shockingly pulled into a missing person’s investigation by Detective Lenny Forrester, her private world is in danger of being exposed.

179 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 18, 2018

About the author

It wasn't until I returned from a year-long, solo driving trip around the United States that I wrote my first book, a personal memoir that I haven't as yet published. Thoroughly enjoying the experience of writing, I spontaneously wrote my first mystery novel. The experience was so 'novel', the characters so willing to tell their own story, that I never stopped writing. Twenty-one books and seventeen years later, my unique stories cover a wide spectrum, from humorous metaphysical fantasy in "Last 90 Days, Archie Trilogy Book 1," and magical realism in "Between the Trees," to a psychological thriller in "The Building." Blending multiple genres, my stories have inspiring stories of transformation, as well as humorous and romantic threads woven into the plots.