Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts

by Laura Benedict

Indie Published

Mystery

May 1, 2020

Available in: Audio, e-Book, Trade Size (reprint)

Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts
by Laura Benedict

Three girls. A devilish game. A lifetime of consequences.

Roxanne, Alice, and Del were schoolgirls and best friends together at Our Lady of the Hills School. They shared the silly secrets of girlhood, but also shared something less innocent: the destruction of the life and reputation of a handsome priest, Father Romero. They all but forget Romero until they grow to adulthood, leading their own complicated, often troubled, lives. Then a seductive stranger, Varick, enters their midst. Varick is too good to be true, and knows each of them a little too well. When he begins to manipulate their minds as well as their actions, the women’s lives spin out of control. They have no idea that the vengeful architect of their destruction has made a pact with the devil himself.

Inspired by Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye, and the The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde), Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts invites you into the darkest corners of the human soul.

Kindle Book includes samples of two of Laura Benedict’s recent thrillers: BLISS HOUSE, and THE STRANGER INSIDE.

Originally published Janury 2009 in hardcover by Ballantine Books and June 2012 in eBook by Gallowstree Press.

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Laura Benedict's Bio

Laura Benedict is the Edgar- and ITW Thriller Award- nominated author of eight novels of mystery and suspense, including The Stranger Inside (Publishers Weekly starred review), and the Bliss House gothic novels and stories. Her latest book is a compilation of her short fiction, When I Make Love to the Bug Man: Collected Stories. Her stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, and in numerous anthologies. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she lives in Southern Illinois with her family.