Forced Entry?

by Bill Lockwood

Henrietta moves in with her mother, Leila, on the coast of California. Leila, an actress in semi-retirement, has a bad heart, and Henrietta hopes to inherit a fortune soon. To hurry that along, she enlists help from a young man she meets at a party, has him paint messages on the house and leave strange verses hinting at murder. She orchestrates several other events in an attempt to scare her mother literally to death.

Leila calls the police for every strange occurrence, but also asks her neighbor, Max, to help solve the puzzling incidents. As the pursuit heats up, Max involves his girlfriend, her teenage daughter, his grandfather, the grandfather’s Irish friend, and even a nearby coven of self-proclaimed witches to catch the perpetrator of the scare tactics—Will Henrietta withstand the pressure?

214 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 18, 2022

About the author

Bill is a former social services worker for two State governments by day, now retired. By night a writer and participant in amateur theater. Has traveled a bit, and briefly taught English in Korea. Grew up in Baltimore, MD then moved to southeastern VT. Has written feature articles on personalities, rural development, and reviews in local and other periodicals., now novels. Read a review of my first novel "Buried Gold" in the Dec. 2016 on line "Toasted Cheese" Literary Journal, and my second "Megan of the Mists" in the September 2017 "Toasted Cheese". And now four more books published by The Wild rose Press, "Ms. Anna" 2018, "The Monsignor's Agents" 2020, "Gare de Lyon" 2021, and "Forced Entry?" 2022. Also regularly covers the arts and interesting people in the local weekly "The Shopper/Vermont Journal" and the daily "Eagle Times". As well as short stories, "The kids Won't Leave" in the Fall 2020 "Two Hawks Quarterly" and "Pizza Pizza" in the April 28, 2021 "Raven's Perch" magazine.