Goodreads asked Karlyle Tomms:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Karlyle Tomms When I was five years old my mother was killed in a mysterious car wreck. It was a single car fatality that occurred on a sunny day with dry pavement. The car ran off the road, and down an embankment in an isolated section of highway that was off the usual path one might have taken. It killed my mother, and her body was so mutilated that it required a closed casket funeral. However, my step-father, who supposedly was driving, walked away with barely a scratch, and stated he had rolled down the embankment in the same vehicle that was completely totaled. It was ruled as an accident by the Missouri State Police who did not do a thorough investigation, but my aunts had always speculated that my step-father had murdered her and staged the accident to cover it. After she died, my step-father took all her possessions and disappeared. I never saw him again, and had only met him one time before that happened.

Someday, I am going to write my own story. I have had friends who have encouraged me to do that for several years now. . Thanks for the question.

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