Cross Roads

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

synopsis

Synopsis

After losing his prominent job, Benjamin Cross packs up his little trailer and moves to Wind River, a small fly-fishing town in Idaho where he plans on spending a few months recouping with his friends. He arrives to find that Cue and Katie, the owners of a bar and grill located on the banks of the Snake River are in a power struggle with the proprietor of the prestigious hotel next to them. Ben puts his efforts toward helping them, unaware of the lengths some will go to get what they want. Sex, greed, and murder take over the lives of Wind River’s residents, and soon, it becomes fuzzy who can be trusted. Twists and turns will keep you reading this thriller, with the colorful small town characters surprising you when you thought you had it all figured out. And when you’re finished, you will be left wanting more, not realizing the colossal damages that greed and lust have done to affect the future of your new friends, the residents of Wind River.

bio

Author Biography

C. Michaels is from the Pacific NW but now lives in Mexico with her Chow Chow, Rani. Michaels' writes thrillers with twisty plots that tease the reader until the end. Her books, Cross Roads and NO FEAR! are a series that follow the hotel owner, Templeton from Idaho in Cross Roads, where greed drives evil people, to Mazatlan, Mx in NO FEAR!, 25 years later where that past greed is reborn with a killer on the loose. Her latest novel, Bill of Human Wrongs is a frightening political thriller that has been compared to a Rod Serling story. C. Michaels has always had a love for the arts, in both writing and painting, finding Mazatlan's Paradise the perfect place to work. Her books are character driven, and will easily draw you into their crazy zany world, a place where for some, there are no scruples or decency. Michaels is excited about the release of her new political thriller, Bill of Human Wrongs, now on available on Amazon.

website

Author Insight

Secret Night Walk

Please enjoy reading excerpts of my thrillers at http://cmichaelsbooks.com/ AND Enjoy my weekly humorous blog about My Mazatlan Musings at http://cmichaelsbooks.com/bloghellip-mazatlaacuten-musings.html

Book Excerpt

Cross Roads

In front of Sticks, there was a large field that was grass most of the year, grass that grew down to a small dirt road that ran along the river’s bank and twisted with the contour of the waterway. June was the exception to the color of the field, when fabulous yellow blossoms, four feet in height would take over the grass in the thousands, replicating the scene where Dorothy attempts to run through the field of poppies to reach the Emerald City. Ben had always parked his Scamp next to the river where the walking road started, and finished each day strolling along it under the moonlight, taking in the fresh air and reliving the day’s good memories.

The wind had calmed down, which left the snowflakes in a majestic airborne dance, gracefully making their landing to add to the accumulation that had already broken all March records.

The walkers were huddled together and in deep conversation, as Gloria watched from her window.